Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[appú] n. flower

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cíi] v. be extinct

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎi] v. become

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kormu

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo] n. roof of a house

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[milò] n. husband

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neha] n. man; human beings

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lopa

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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