Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. asu’

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyuñ

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi] n. blood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎú] n. tadpole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɲã] n. last year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hu] pron. who

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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

[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[nar] v. borrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[néesu] n. wrestling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋe] adj. different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párpĩ] v. screw close

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siɁ] n. urine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabũ] n. smallpox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã daʎi] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[telĩ] v. push something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨdĩ] v. add

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ámì] n. tail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno