Apatani English

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. armyañ

[amí-abã] n. elders

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axor] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diipe] n. spade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraada] adv. next year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎã] v. look after; help

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooló] n. iliac crest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kwmì

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loci] n. hook; peg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lohĩ] n. three days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lopo] n. half day

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lobyañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨci] n. left (leg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ] n. wife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ne] pron. how much; how many

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pexó] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rã] v. tie; tether

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[setu] v. stop by pulling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[si] dem. this

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

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ] n. world

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxá] n. an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagì] n. sickle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tariɁ] n. body odor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tú] v. kick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xú] v. aim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu muku] n. smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

Speaker: Tage Kanno