Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aháa] n. heart

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuki] v. stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kenda

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[naspati] n. pear

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[ríi] n. drool

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[álù] v. to work

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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