Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóì] n. track made by large game

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceeda] part. almost; close to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hai] n. water

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. yasi

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] adj. dark

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[káhè] adj. big; large

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. atúu

[lopo] n. half day

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã] n. knee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨmĩ] v. win

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nee] v. thresh or knead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ohó] adj. tall; high

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. qaare

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rì alo

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tariɁ] n. fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwle’

[une] n. wound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. xezi’

[xoo] v. stir

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áamì] n. cat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

Speaker: Tage Kanno