Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arbú,

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wdañ

[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[armjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyañ

[asã] n. north

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi] n. blood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doha] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eem] int. yes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hua] v. fall into something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kibo] n. male dog

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kopw

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpì] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milo] n. male

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milobo] n. male

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. zimw

[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãlò] v. push something down

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nalò

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. puñko

[pixu] n. spinning node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pooro

[põ] v. soak; marinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siɁ] v. urinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarú] n. mosquito

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tudɨ] adj. short

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. zar

[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

Speaker: Tage Kanno