Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[asó] n. length

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

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

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hilu] n. gum

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapjó] adj. first

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tú] v. kick

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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