Apatani English

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asó] n. length

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa] n. rope

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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