Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjaɁ] n. penis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

Dialect: syn. lwwrw, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[go] v. fly; soar

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Dialect: syn. koñcì, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Dialect: syn. pyañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hirã] n. molar tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

Dialect: syn. amánw he, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karo] v. spy; peep

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxè] v. look in anger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Dialect: var. leñbo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho milobo] n. son

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parɨ] v. rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ribo] v. throw something across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ridóo] v. throw far

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Dialect: var. sañtú tero, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãca] v. grow up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨloda] adv. today

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamù] n. a deity

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarù] n. rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Dialect: syn. tajvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

Dialect: var. taniñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaŋo] num. five

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɨ] n. axe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. xaci; bade, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. agyañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

Speaker: Tage Kanno