Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨma] n. root

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[moru] n. cheek

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

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

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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