Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alo] n. salt

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hibu] n. beak

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[née] v. wrestle

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[some] n. palm civet

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi] n. water

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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