Apatani English

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hémò

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[guli] n. bullet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjó] adj. first

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laakoɁ] v. open

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpĩ] v. close

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pasù] n. needle

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xoo] v. stir

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ámì] n. tail

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