Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adú] v. make noise

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[amã] n. roof

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[car] v. boil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mjã] v. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[narikol] n. coconut

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[si] dem. this

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcí

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tur] v. be alive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xú] v. measure

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno