Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arañ

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baró] n. brother

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bum] n. bomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dĩ] v. pound with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bardè

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[roɁpo] n. cock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. fañso

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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