Apatani English

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

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

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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

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

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hu] pron. who

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmopa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno