Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

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

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haabjã] n. chest

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kone] num. one

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. lull; console

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

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

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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