Apatani English

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[arcì] v. roll

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kako jalo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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

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

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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

[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. misi

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myofi

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. apa’

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcú

[ta] v. listen; hear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[une] n. wound

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲacu] n. lip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno