Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo] n. day

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amã] n. roof

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyuñ

[atú-kahè] n. size

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuda] adj. bright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁsí] n. scissor

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎã] adj. round

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[ŋarka] v. smile

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[santú] n. tree

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[temaɁ] v. touch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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