Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: la.wav?

[go] v. throw

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

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[humi] pron. whom

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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