Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎí] n. bow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyú

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alló] n. bone

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arnw’

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[arí] v. string together (beads)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[balu] n. garden

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lai] n. torch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English (light)

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xa

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñru

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pìitã] adj. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[samã] n. pine needle

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨni] n. sugar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapũ] n. bat

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibo] n. guest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

Speaker: Tage Kanno