Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arbú,

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[burù] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gartú

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[marlã] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. harti

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ni] v. prune

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pu] v. bind

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[álò] v. dry

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno