Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[aɲã] n. year

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imáa

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[humi] pron. whom

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lemba] n. village

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨju] n. ash

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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