Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diipe] n. spade

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùukũ] v. sit together

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hɨɉã] n. new born

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. luxa’

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[néesu] n. wrestling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. petú

[pinto] prep. above; over

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pixu] n. spinning node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rasó

[rasó] v. position lengthwise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rapw

[rã] v. tie; tether

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi] n. spider

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

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[sah] n. tea

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxe] n. tick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

Speaker: Tage Kanno