Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wdañ

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[burù] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[korò] n. the morning before the last

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[lo] post. with; by

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saã] v. grow; live

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

Speaker: Tage Kanno