Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abú;

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjarbó] v. jump across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cáa] v. split; slit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kone] num. one

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naspati] n. pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nee] v. thresh or knead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pí] v. bark

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarú] n. mosquito

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[japa] n. young man

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

Speaker: Tage Kanno