Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wdo

[aĩ] n. gold

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asã] n. north

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuki] v. stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuukw

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harti] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. muku

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marlã] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. harti

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãca] v. push something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rasó] v. position lengthwise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rapw

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[si] dem. this

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarú] n. mosquito

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jali] n. fox

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[juɁ] v. skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

Speaker: Tage Kanno