Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alaɁ] n. hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[para] v. crawl in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poli] n. seed

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puju] n. news

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨxo] n. maize cob

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[telĩ] v. push something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. fa’co

[áamì] n. cat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno