Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amu] n. hair

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjako] n. common term for berries

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjar] v. flip; flick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haatɨ] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[imi] v. sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kormo] n. seed

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lopo

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marpu] n. corn silk

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[niti] adj. new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[née] v. wrestle

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

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

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

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saã] v. grow; live

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãsũ] n. plantation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tarlar

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ata’

[xe] v. read; count

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jasi] n. water

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[álò] v. dry

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[ápì] v. dry

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