Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[adú] v. make noise

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[garu] n. pillow

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[puri] v. read; study

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[áamì] n. cat

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