Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[ho] n. and

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[húì] v. fall

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[álì] v. plant

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