Apatani English

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

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

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asã] n. north

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bww

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwme

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

Speaker: Tage Kanno