Apatani English

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[akì kíibò] n. male dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amã] n. roof

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arcì] v. roll

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuki] v. stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuukw

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dimpu] n. white hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[elù] n. reed flute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirã] n. molar tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨbju] n. textile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poŋe] adj. different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨxo] n. maize cob

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁpo] n. cock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rumali] n. handkerchief

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisi] n. now

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swsi

[soɉã] n. lizard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨloda] adv. today

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tapa’

[takǝr] n. star

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tau jamu] n. firefly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxe] n. tick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. twxe

[tur] v. be alive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xuu] adj. old

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨdĩ] v. add

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno