Apatani English

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aríi] n. border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. fe’be

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoopa] post. therefore; for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huuda] adj. bright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kala’

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lar] v. challenge; bet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gubu’

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. arañ

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpur] v. break something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pore o

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pí] v. bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sati] n. umbrella

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxe] n. tick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. twxe

[taɲe] n. pus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tarze

[une] n. wound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[une gɨkor] n. scar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨsã] n. high jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[joʎã] n. dead of night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno