Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

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

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alì] n. leg

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apó] n. body

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gokǝr] n. circle

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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