Apatani English

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[arcì] v. roll

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

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[cì] v. bite

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lopo

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lorw’

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nane] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papi] n. wood chip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rãda] n. smoothing plane

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[saha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swha

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tartu] v. break

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taxó] adj. bald

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[telĩ] v. push something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨtĩ] v. compare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zañbuñ