Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjaɁ] n. penis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[káhè] adj. big; large

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[milobo] n. male

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. zimw

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murpu] n. bonfire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmpa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roha] v. dry over fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sati] n. umbrella

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[siɁ] v. urinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã] n. earth

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

[tabu] n. snake

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarù] n. rope

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tebul] n. table

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tardu

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno