Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aci takǝr] n. star

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baara] n. fare; fee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁcã] n. ring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nesú] n. granary

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tar] v. bend; break

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tõ] v. display

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

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[japa] n. young man

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno