Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baara] n. fare; fee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doodu] n. drop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[du] v. drip (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duñxó

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨdi] n. soil

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kwmè

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[palo-malo] n. world

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puluɁ] v. cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjo] v. open (as eye)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pí] v. bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁko] v. open

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

[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁbja] n. ladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. abya

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sapì] adj. flattened

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surù] n. coarse sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takeɁ] n. germ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. push

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janɨ] n. leaf

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw

[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲatu] n. resting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno