Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[alo] n. day

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dui] n. tobacco

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[koŋ] num. one

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[née] v. wrestle

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò