Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. árù

[arná] v. choke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi] n. blood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutɨ] n. community; society

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buu

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: la.wav?

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[haadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: esp. weight

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapanɨ] n. witness

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɨ] v. heal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakuɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paiɁ] v. get

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pano] v. sting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨcúr] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨgo] n. bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorbɨ] n. uphill

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

Speaker: Tage Kanno