Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Dialect: ant. cáarò, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎo] v. jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Dialect: ant. jabyò aji, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luho] v. speak offensively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. mepi, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milobo] n. male

Dialect: ant. zimw, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

Dialect: ant. puñtu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨcã] n. pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Dialect: syn. runw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Dialect: var. ronw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasã] n. firewood; wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno