Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ] n. eye

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cíi] v. be extinct

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxè] v. look in anger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁpjo] n. palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. murto

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ribo] v. throw something across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨro] n. this morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɲe] n. pus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. taze

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuu] v. pick up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xuu] adj. old

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲatu] n. resting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno