Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalo] v. look downwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpjo] n. sole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meli

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɨ] v. heal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨju] n. ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lopa

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[para] v. crawl in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sã] v. push or stuff something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sokiɁ] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sor] v. slip; skid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlo] n. today

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨro] n. this morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jama] adj. poor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɨ] n. axe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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

[ɲaŋo] n. five years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákò] adj. low; short

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno