Apatani English

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

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[apó] n. body

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. saanci

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoi] v. be; happen

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hupa] pron. for whom

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mata’

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

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

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[so] post. at; in

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

Speaker: Tage Kanno