Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alũ] v. surprise, shock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arlv

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuku] adj. upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ke] v. write

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨle] n. river

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põ] v. soak; marinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puhaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[ridóo] v. throw far

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tado’

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã daʎi] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarlo] v. calm someone down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. zar