Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[aháa] n. heart

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[itú] adj. small; short

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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

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