Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asó] n. length

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

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

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[more] n. forest

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarì] n. hail

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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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

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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

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