Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[armĩ] adj. ripe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amiñ

[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[asó] n. length

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[burù] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuku] adj. upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dema

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gehe] v. yawn

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[harti] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koʎã] adj. round

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kõci] n. dawn

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kurmu

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨbe] n. other

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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