Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amu] n. hair

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. árù

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haɁ] v. bite off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lɨ] v. plant

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

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

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno