Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baarò] adj. big flat object

Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. dije’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorgi] n. earthworm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

Dialect: ant. doorò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garu] n. pillow

Dialect: syn. diñ nanw, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

Dialect: syn. jarpa’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamiɉa] adv. last

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ke] v. write

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

Dialect: var. kwmì, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lake] v. to cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent), Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

Dialect: ant. nelw’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no ho] pron. where

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

Dialect: syn. apa’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pahĩ] n. liver

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

Dialect: var. puha’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[popita ahì] n. papaya

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

Dialect: ant. pyazó, Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Dialect: syn. runw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

Dialect: syn. rwxw alo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Dialect: var. sañtú tero, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Dialect: ant. tañru, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

Dialect: var. xezi’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Dialect: syn. tardu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲimɨ] n. female

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákò] adj. low; short

Speaker: Tage Kanno