Apatani English

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-baró

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bww

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dù] v. dig; excavate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilu] n. gum

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kako talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myofi

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmpa] pron. why

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

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ] n. bean

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. poha’

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨcú] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. age’

[ubúu] n. hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[utɨ] n. camel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[álì] v. plant

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno