Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

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

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xe] v. force something

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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