Search: entire dictionary Apatani headwords English headwords Apatani pronunciation guide
Semantic domain: [all] Agriculture Agriculture & Forestry Alphabet Animals Animals & Birds Astronomy & the Sky Body Parts & Secretions Clothing & Ornaments Color Direction Fire & Cooking Food & Drink Forests Games & Play Health & Sickness Household Items Hunting & Fishing Insects & Flies Material Culture Music & Dance Natural World Numbers & Counting People & Kinship Plants & Trees Poison Religion & Belief Reptiles & Amphibians Rituals & Customs Time & Seasons Tools & Implements Utensils Villages & Towns Water Weapons Weather Weights & Measures
An example search has returned 100 entries
[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. abú; span>
[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused
Speaker: Tage Kanno
[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon
[aʎí] n. air, wind
[aɉĩ] v. befriend
[akì kíibò] n. male dog
[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color
[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item
[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice
[apó] n. body
[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. arañ span>
[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration
[barɲo] adj. small flat object
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo span>
[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)
[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma
[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter
[bɨro] n. yesterday morning
[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house
[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate
[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. byací span>
[daaɲe] n. two steps
[doha] n. world; realm
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. doha-dolo span>
[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food
[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. dwpyò span>
[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest
[ʎihe] post. till; until
[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. garta’ span>
[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate
Speaker: Nani Anga
[huɁbĩ] v. sweat
[hubju] n. scum; froth
[ikóo] n. underside; bottom
[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade
Speaker: Tage Yassing
[ɉu] v. winnow
[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid
Speaker: Tage Yassing,Dialect: syn. keembe’ span>
[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes
[kinɨ] n. bitch
[koro] n. saw syn. aarí
[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other
[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other
[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand
[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’ span>
[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat
[luʎã] v. imitate speaking
[lukuɁ] n. shoe
[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf
[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray
[meli] v. kill as revenge
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. meñli span>
[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu span>
[misì] adj. old woman
[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado span>
[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns
[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet
[nee] v. thresh or knead
[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground
[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw
[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked
[papo] adj. incomplete; not full
[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split
[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)
[pilã] adj. yellow
[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp
[poɁtũla] adv. squatting
[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs
Example: Photo by Tage Kanno
[pɨʎe] num. four
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: etym. pwfi + he span>
[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket
[pɨxo] n. maize cob
[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood
[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: ant. qo’rò span>
[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro
[rãda] n. smoothing plane
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: or. Assamese span>
[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web
[rupĩ] n. earring
[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down
[rɨpu] n. silver
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. rupu span>
[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain
[samĩ rako] n. tortoise
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. rako; rwko span>
[sãxã] n. border post
[sɨcã] n. earth
[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead
[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. swre taxe span>
[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox
Speaker: Tage Numpi
[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)
[takǝr] n. sputum
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: var. cukvr span>
[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves
[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl
Speaker: Tage Numpi,Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla span>
[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.
[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ span>
[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap
Speaker: Tage Kanno,Dialect: syn. tajvr span>
[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear
[tero] n. chili
[tipi] n. thumb impression
[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for
[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide
[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god
[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)
[xú] v. measure
[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo
[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo
[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct
[ɲaŋo] n. five years