Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[alló] n. bone

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hokɨ] post. from

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[milò] n. husband

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarse] n. millet

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

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

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tarù] n. rope

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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