Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arnw’

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dempjo] n. mouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[igɨ] n. evil spirits

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

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

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[milò] n. husband

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saati] n. pine sap

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero] n. chili

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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