Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

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

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[some] n. palm civet

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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