Apatani English

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bù] v. uproot

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ciru’

[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

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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

[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. aju

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãca] v. push something up

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pãxa] n. fan

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sár] v. rip; tear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

Speaker: Tage Kanno