Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baró] n. brother

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bum] n. bomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutɨ] n. community; society

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bée] v. chant; invoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bù] v. uproot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraada] adv. next year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

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

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[káhè] adj. big; large

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aku

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasù] n. needle

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rõpe] adv. four times

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

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[sár] v. rip; tear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tù] v. flood

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ákò] adj. low; short

Speaker: Tage Kanno