Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí-abã] n. elders

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] v. string together (beads)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bi] v. give; offer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjarbó] v. jump across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dukã] n. shop

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁ] v. shoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Dialect: xañcu.wav, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[háako] n. entrance

Dialect: syn. áako, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Dialect: syn. ija, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ke] v. write

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koha] num. nine

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mitai] n. sweet

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mombati] n. candle

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Dialect: ant. myofi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nala] n. drain

Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakù] n. pigeon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk), Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puluɁ] v. cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sah] n. tea

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Dialect: syn. tapa’, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahĩ] n. mushroom

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taki] n. ginger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõcã] n. corner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xuu] adj. old

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨ] num. six

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu] n. fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu muku] n. smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

Dialect: syn. qeñci’, Speaker: Tage Kanno