Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[akì] n. dog

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amu] n. hair

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wta’

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hilu] n. gum

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kadú] v. look upwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] adj. dark

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kone] num. one

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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