Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwgo

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

Speaker: Tage Kanno