Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Dialect: syn. za’co, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎo] v. jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

Dialect: syn. haace’ swre, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Dialect: syn. hentvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

Dialect: syn. le’tvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã] n. knee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgju] n. claw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpì] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mo] v. move one’s face

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murpu] n. bonfire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[niti] adj. new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pooró] adj. wide; vast

Dialect: ant. poñcu’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rui] n. ear wax

Dialect: syn. yarú rui, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ríi] n. drool

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[setu] v. stop by pulling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. swre twxe, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taki] n. ginger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasi] n. wall

Dialect: var. tarsi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

Dialect: ant. tolw’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨdɨ] adj. short

Dialect: ant. wbyo’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno