Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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

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

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diipe] n. spade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dui] n. tobacco

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misi] n. title used for dead females

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nane] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽxa] adj. stale

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtepa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɲe] n. chisel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[tõ] v. offer; give

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[urú] n. family

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno