Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjopu] n. shooting star

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaci] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

Speaker: Nani Anga

[igɨ] n. evil spirits

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjã] v. name

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pano] v. sting

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁlã] n. grass

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

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. du’ca

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[ta] v. listen; hear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. cukvr

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[uurã] adj. deep

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò