Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bww

[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dùu] v. sit

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

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

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[lohe] n. one day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aku

[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rida’

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

Speaker: Tage Kanno