Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bjo] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[còoʎa] v. limp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daci mida

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diiha] n. clay soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doorò

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[keɁsí] n. scissor

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lohe] n. one day

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[misì] adj. old woman

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨʎo] n. flame

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

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

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. apì

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[siɁ] n. urine

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu] n. snake

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[urú] n. family

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

Speaker: Tage Kanno