Apatani English

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɲã] n. last year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[leko] v. cross

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨgju] n. claw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[no hopa] pron. for where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pẽ] v. build; construct

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñ

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[santú] n. tree

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[suh] n. spring

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamù] n. a deity

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. body odor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɲe] n. pus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. taze

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áakúr] v. return; come back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno