Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[diipe] n. spade

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[eem] int. yes

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[ni] v. prune

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pano] v. sting

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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