Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì taxɨ] n. flea

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alì] n. leg

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asè] v. wash; clean

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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

[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] adj. dark

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koojo] n. the night before the last

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[taju] n. wasp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxe] n. louse

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. taxe

[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[álù] n. task

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[ĩka] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Yassing