Apatani English

[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[araɁ] v. tie

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañlò

[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aì

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ke] v. write

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[miɉí] n. orphan

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[naspati] n. pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. adañ

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò