Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baara] n. fare; fee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaci] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ci

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[naspati] n. pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[née] v. wrestle

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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