Apatani English

[ haaʎĩ ]

n.    fourth lunar month of the year; April

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Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons

[ adĩ ]

v.    add; include; incorporate; admix

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[ oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ ]

adj.    cute; small and beautiful

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[ narpaɁ ]

v.    lend; loan

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[ rɨ ]

v.    stagnate (as do the water)

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[ sĩ ]

v.    feed (esp. liquid food)

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[ anoo ]

adv.    very; extremely; awfully

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[ pinto ]

prep.    above; over

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[ buɁ ]

v.    burst; explode

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[ piro ]

n.    swampy land; marshy area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ dũbĩ ]

adj.    bald; hairless

Dialect: syn. duñxó

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ xa ]

v.    peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[ jo sampja ]

n.    wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jasi harxɨ ]

n.    whirlpool

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[ hɨɨmi ]

n.    widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ axáa ]

adj.    old; aged; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ kosiɁ koʎi ]

adv.    wriggle restlessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ daɁ ]

v.    stand; be there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ li ]

v.    sow; seed; broadcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture

[ pobaɁ ]

v.    hug; embrace

Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

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[ kɨ ]

v.    punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ dùukũ ]

v.    sit together

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ suɁ ]

v.    probe; explore; investigate

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[ pɨse ]

n.    a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ tor ]

v.    unfurl (of flag); spread

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[ tijoɁ ]

n.    insect; worm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ ɲaɲiɁ ]

n.    honey

Dialect: syn. zazo

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Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ anu ]

n.    younger brother

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Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ pɨtì ]

adj.    near

Dialect: syn. kucì

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[ luʎã ]

v.    imitate speaking

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[ aɲì ]

num.    two

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Semantic domains:

• Numbers & Counting

[ xẽŋu ]

v.    warm something

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[ ato ]

n.    grandfather or father in law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ diiʎã ]

n.    areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[ sosma ]

n.    goggle

Dialect: or. Assamese

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Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ jasi parĩ ]

n.    stork (Ciconia nigra)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ o pɨɲu ]

n.    bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pjoɁce ]

v.    detach something to divide into two

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[ koló ]

n.    in the olden days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons

[ xɨxu-xɨce ]

v.    discriminate; differentiate

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[ hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe ]

v.    swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[ tõrò ]

adj.    small (of group)

Dialect: ant. tozó

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[ ʎoɁgã ]

n.    blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ abjo ]

adv.    endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[ burúu ]

n.    mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles & Amphibians

[ haataɁ ]

n.    front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[ tapiɁ ŋɨɨla ]

n.    owl

Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ moru ]

n.    cheek

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ mɨniɁ ]

v.    Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ɲima ]

cop.    there isn’t; copula negator

Dialect: ant. do

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[ ʎíi ]

v.    slither (as snakes do)

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[ dilĩ ]

n.    hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ aɉĩ-apɨ ]

n.    company; friendship

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Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ iɁrũ ]

v.    sleep in somebody else’s house

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[ aa ]

letter name    a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Alphabet

[ riite ]

n.    a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ tɨgò ]

n.    a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

Dialect: ant. ciciñ

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Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship
• Religion & Belief

[ pacu jagɨ ]

n.    a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ botoli ]

n.    bottle

Dialect: or. English

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[ mɨti ]

v.    do something again; repeat; repair

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ dulu ]

n.    the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Rituals & Customs

[ hẽpaɁ ]

v.    ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ lɨnɨ ]

n.    big toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ dar ]

v.    break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[ jasi jalo ]

n.    reflection

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[ apó xẽ ]

v.    toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[ mũdo ]

n.    girlfriend; female lover

Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ aróo ]

adj.    poor; destitute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ rũgjaɁ ]

adj.    crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ŋǝǝ ]

letter name    q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Alphabet

[ jatɨɁ ]

n.    umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ aháa baɁ ]

v.    hate; loathe; abhor

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[ tẽ ]

v.    touch (esp. with finger)

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[ toɁpjo ]

v.    descend first

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[ jaɁpu-jaɁlã ]

n.    a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture
• Religion & Belief

[ hadɨ ]

n.    anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ tardu ]

n.    a bamboo container for storing meat

Dialect: syn. yo tardu

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pĩciɁ ]

n.    mouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ haadɨ ]

n.    anger

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[ patã áttò ]

n.    a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ sãxe page ]

n.    a variety of bead

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Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ ʎĩtũ ]

   a variety of wild raspberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ẽtɨ pɨlò ]

n.    tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons

[ paxɨɁ ]

adj.    late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ceɁxoɁ ]

v.    diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ lɨkè ]

v.    cross legs

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[ sɨrɨ ]

n.    bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ paa ]

v.    find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[ lɨpja ]

n.    shin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ sɨpiɁ ]

n.    needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ kolã ]

n.    pencil

Dialect: or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ ɉoɉuru ]

n.    a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ babĩ ]

adj.    stark; bare, as of a field

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[ milò ]

n.    husband

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ taxó ]

adj.    bald

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ emo ]

n.    paddy; unhusked rice

Dialect: var. imo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ keɁtĩ ]

n.    thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ paxɨ ]

v.    kill by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ɉokoɁ ]

v.    opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ hẽɉu ]

n.    attitude; way of thinking

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