Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amu] n. hair

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[ajúu] n. long time back

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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