Apatani English

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apũ] prep. among

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[baarò] adj. big flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doorò

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[po] v. weave

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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

[tapeɁ] n. leech

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twpe’

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. xezi’

[jama] adj. poor

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasi] n. water

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákótá] pron. one more

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