Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[adú] v. make noise

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

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

[amã] n. roof

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɲã] n. year

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. guri’

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

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

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xú] v. measure

Speaker: Tage Kanno