Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[urú] n. family

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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