Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aháa] n. heart

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[alì] n. leg

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[baara] n. fare; fee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjuu] v. suck

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

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

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[icu-abu] n. quantity

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno