Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harù] n. lung

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[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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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

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

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[álì] v. plant

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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