Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alló] n. bone

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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