Apatani English

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉola] n. bag

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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