Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baɁso] adj. long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjo] v. swim

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[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koopja] n. lower back

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɁca] adj. blind

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neha] n. man; human beings

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[page] v. write; mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gè

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jompu

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno