Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[apó] n. body

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aíi] n. blood

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[baɉi] n. time

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bum] n. bomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hua] v. fall into something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kwmì

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mura] n. seat

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[se] v. pull

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

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[talo] n. brass plate

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[álù] n. task

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