Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asè] v. wash; clean

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] n. darkness

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milò] n. husband

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[murpu] n. bonfire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[no ho] pron. where

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

Speaker: Tage Kanno