Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sarse] n. millet

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu] n. snake

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[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno