Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjo] adj. endearing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí-abã] n. elders

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arò kõci] n. dawn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò] n. night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲã] n. year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baró] n. brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bofó

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dorgi] n. earthworm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duñxó

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kumur] n. grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lai] n. torch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English (light)

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɉa] n. socks

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjã] v. close

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xa

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁca] v. toss up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[po] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puca] v. float (on water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨló] n. lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roŋohe] adv. five times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tipi] n. thumb impression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. do

[ɲor] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zar

[áɉù] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kájù