Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[alo] n. day

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[née] v. wrestle

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[poli] n. seed

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takũ] n. peach

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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