Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aɲì] num. two

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[car] v. boil

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koha] num. nine

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

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

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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