Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[agoo] n. outside

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leko] v. cross

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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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’

[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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