Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

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

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapeɁ] n. leech

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarì] n. hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarù] n. rope

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

Speaker: Tage Kanno