Apatani English

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

Dialect: var. arbú,, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu] n. body; torso

Dialect: syn. ahu-apo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[appú] n. flower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asè] v. wash; clean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barmɨ] n. sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùu] v. sit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Dialect: syn. pwnañ, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[humi] pron. whom

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩ] v. go

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

Dialect: ant. karu, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Dialect: syn. harbyañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laŋu] n. neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] n. beginning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nane] pron. your mother

Dialect: syn. nama, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãbo] v. push something across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

Dialect: syn. nitiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pãxa] n. fan

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ] n. bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puca] v. float (on water)

Dialect: ant. puha, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨmǝr] n. dust

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

Dialect: ant. pyarò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

Dialect: syn. qaatw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨni] n. sugar

Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. swre taxe, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

Dialect: or. English, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

Dialect: ant. uurò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

Dialect: var. xezi’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[joʎã] n. dead of night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Dialect: var. háagyá, Speaker: Tage Kanno