Apatani English

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

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

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

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

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bum] n. bomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dùuha] v. sit down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎe] v. wade through

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwme

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨra] n. slave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãca] v. push something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjar] v. fold; braid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[santú] n. tree

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[si] dem. this

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero] n. chili

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tú] v. kick

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing