Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[acáa] v. put up; erect

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[diiha] n. clay soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[do] v. be; exist; lie

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. zima

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwme

[hiŋ] num. three

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koŋ] num. one

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lohe] n. one day

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rĩbi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapũ] n. bat

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno