Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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