Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. didu

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: la.wav?

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[leɁ] v. lop off

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mjã] v. name

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò