Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw har

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laako’

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. morto

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨju] n. ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narikol] n. coconut

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[riimi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaq

[sisi] n. now

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swsi

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò