Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨdu] n. heel

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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