Apatani English

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apũ] prep. among

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi áago] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haatw

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doodu] n. drop

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kibo] n. male dog

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpĩ] v. close

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjodu] n. time; season; period

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

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

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[takoɁ] n. dirt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xe] v. force something

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

Speaker: Tage Kanno