Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì] n. dog

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aì] adj. heavy

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[balu] n. garden

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buu

[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. paka’

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rida’

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[ápì] v. dry

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