Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

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

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tamì] n. weed

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áamì] n. cat

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