Apatani English

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ama

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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

[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sumù] n. sand

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tacì] n. crab

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno