Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[appú] n. flower

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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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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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[so] post. at; in

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tasã] n. ornament

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jasi] n. water

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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