Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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

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Dialect: var. hubur

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. push

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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