Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[adã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ] v. befriend

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. buu

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[korò] n. the morning before the last

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[loɲì] n. two days

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ni] v. prune

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pamyo

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽ] v. build; construct

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩbè] n. snow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pohaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. puha’

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puju] n. news

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rica] v. throw something upwards

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rilo

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. age’

[ude] n. house

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽ] v. toil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno