Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alo] n. salt

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[car] v. boil

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nɨ] pron. what

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

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tapũ] n. bat

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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