Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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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

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[po] v. weave

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

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

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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