Apatani English

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aíi] n. blood

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùuha] v. sit down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobu] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puri] v. read; study

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sa] n. rope

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sosma] n. goggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamù] n. a deity

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álì] v. plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno