Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akì] n. dog

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[aɲì] num. two

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. busañ tabú

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

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

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[go] v. fly; soar

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hua] v. fall into something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lɨ] v. plant

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

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tappo] n. spinning knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno