Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[akó] num. one; single

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[golu] v. lie

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pano] v. sting

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[se] v. pull

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taʎa] v. listen

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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