Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arbú,

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wta’

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

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

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tero] n. chili

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[xe] v. force something

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

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò