Apatani English

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

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

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[amiɁ] n. eye

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

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

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

[daruu] n. summer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ice

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] n. beginning

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. apì

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pore

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ro’po

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sa’po

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɲe] n. pus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. taze

[tarù] n. rope

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú rui] n. ear wax

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rui