Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎo] v. jump

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. búutw

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[si] dem. this

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tar] v. bend; break

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[álù] n. task

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