Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anu] n. younger brother

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[leko] v. cross

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pota] n. paper

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ĩka] pron. that

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