Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ciru’

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉi] adj. black

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[no ho] pron. where

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

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

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno