Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[car] v. boil

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hu] pron. who

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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