Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ageɁ] n. quiver

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ura

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

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

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá

[áɉù] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kájù