Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[baró] n. brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buu

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diì] v. detach; peel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjodi] n. far off place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyazó

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[sãca] v. grow up

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tado’

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álù] n. task

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