Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tɨxè] n. flea

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] n. cooked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apũ] prep. among

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còoʎa] v. limp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎi] v. become

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hime] n. child; youngster

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉĩ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] n. darkness

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[káhè] adj. big; large

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[lai] n. torch

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

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁca] adj. blind

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miju] n. human beings

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamí] n. chicken louse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puhaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. poha’

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pìi] v. dry

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. miya

[sãca] v. grow up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ubúu] n. hole

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[áade] v. come close; approach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉù] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kájù

[álì] v. plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno