Apatani English

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alo] n. day

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[car] v. boil

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

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tõ] v. display

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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