Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[golu] v. lie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harkó] v. bore a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxè] v. look in anger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[locũ] n. bone marrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mo] v. move one’s face

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjã] v. close

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨra] n. slave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñru

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ] n. bean

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[suh] n. spring

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲor] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zar