Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ] n. leaf

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yanw

[apũ] prep. among

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bebuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: la.wav?

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉare] num. one thousand

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kinɨ] n. bitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lohĩ] n. three days

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mataɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎa] v. listen

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xe] v. read; count

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno