Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alo] n. salt

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axor] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɲã] n. year

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎo] v. jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuda] adj. bright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[imi] v. sleep

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[ke] v. write

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sãca] v. grow up

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xeli] v. play

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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