Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[còoʎa] v. limp

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kibo] n. male dog

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

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sarse] n. millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[si] dem. this

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tù] v. flood

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩka] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Yassing