Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[adú] v. make noise

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉĩ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. lull; console

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. diixw

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tappo] n. spinning knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

Speaker: Tage Kanno