Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

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

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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