Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw har

[baɉi] n. time

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[beɁɉi] n. injection

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imi] v. sleep

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tartu] v. break

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[ude] n. house

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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