Apatani English

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apáa] adj. young; immature

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[katú] v. watch from a distance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kopw’

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luah] n. dumb; mute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgju] n. claw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. morto

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjodi] n. far off place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽxa] adj. stale

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabú] n. valley; gully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pano] v. sting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pixu] n. spinning node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁko] v. open

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoja] pron. something else

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rãda] n. smoothing plane

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rixa’

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sa’po

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tappo] n. spinning knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[turlaɁ] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tùla’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uurò

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi jalo] n. reflection

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

Speaker: Tage Kanno