Apatani English

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

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

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[asó] n. length

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kusu’

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tala] n. lock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

Speaker: Tage Kanno