Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aro’

[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu

[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[daɲi cago] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaci

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dór

[díĩ] v. curse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kóò] n. son

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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

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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

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[muɉa] n. socks

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xa

[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

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

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ] n. world

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcúr] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno