Apatani English

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahĩ] n. gold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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

[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kɨdi] n. soil

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

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

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mula] n. radish

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[ríi] n. drool

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jamu] n. fire

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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