Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daruu] n. summer

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

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

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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