Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[baró] n. brother

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bù] v. uproot

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañlò

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. didu

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[milo] n. male

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mo] v. move one’s face

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabeɁ] n. key

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. takiñ

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno