Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[imi] v. sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] adj. dark

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[niti] adj. new

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pano] v. sting

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò