Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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

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

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉu] v. winnow

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

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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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

[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[si] dem. this

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

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[talo] n. brass plate

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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