Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apúu] n. arrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dotɨ] n. sky

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpjo] n. palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpja] n. shin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mepa] v. search out; find out

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. bebu’

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. morto

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãca] v. push something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. puha’

[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saaxu] n. pine cone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɁko] n. jaw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno