Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axɨ] n. comb

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎe] v. wade through

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. koso

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nar] v. borrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

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

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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