Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahĩ] n. gold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. neha appú

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi áago] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎi] v. become

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjó] adj. first

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõci] n. dawn

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁcã] n. ring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨma] n. root

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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

[miɁla] n. tear

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨʎo] n. flame

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacá] v. levy fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paiɁ] v. get

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pinto] prep. above; over

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ruñ

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saã] v. grow; live

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxá] n. an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

Speaker: Tage Kanno