Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[adã] n. spear

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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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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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sumù] n. sand

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[talo] n. brass plate

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tù] v. push

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xõcã] n. corner

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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