Apatani English

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alló] n. bone

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[artĩ] n. scrotum

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hĩ] v. pinch

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kóò bo] n. nephew

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã] n. baby

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. misi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨmĩ] v. win

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmpa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pafa

[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poteɁ] adj. full

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puju] n. news

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riimi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janɨ] n. leaf

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw

[jasã] n. firewood; wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno