Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kakur] v. look back

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xe] v. force something

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jo] n. meat

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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

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