Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arná] v. choke

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bù] v. uproot

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kone] num. one

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kóò] n. son

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[née] v. wrestle

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

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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