Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. árù

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asó] n. length

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw har

[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. guri’

[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎú] n. tadpole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. garu

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kwmè

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãbo] v. push something across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjar] v. fold; braid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi] n. fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁbja] n. ladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. abya

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[santú] n. tree

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tú] v. kick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jali] n. fox

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá

[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno