Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koopja] n. lower back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laako’

[leko] v. cross

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò] n. husband

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neliñ

[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bardè

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[tacì] n. crab

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. body odor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[japa] n. young man

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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