Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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

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

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[ho] n. and

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lohe] n. one day

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[se] v. pull

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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