Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw’

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. guri’

[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doha] n. world; realm

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

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùuha] v. sit down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[gè] v. mark; write

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatɨ] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[har] v. wash; bathe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉar] num. thousand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kako talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kakur] v. look back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laako’

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pamyo

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patǝr] n. cage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨju] n. news

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. puyu

[pjo] v. open (as eye)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pìi] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rui] n. ear wax

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨdó] n. heifer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[turcã] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. torcañ

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno