Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[amã] n. roof

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arũ] adv. near; close by

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajúu] n. long time back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎo] v. jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanulo] n. weekdays

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mata’

[milò] n. husband

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho búu] v. give birth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacá] v. levy fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulis] n. police

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi] n. fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rumali] n. handkerchief

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sopĩ] n. lizard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. complain; protest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takǝr] n. star

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tappo] n. spinning knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’zo’