Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

Dialect: ant. domiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Dialect: ant. twgò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Dialect: syn. haapiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ho] n. and

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kamè] v. finish; destroy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

Dialect: ant. koso, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

Dialect: syn. lobu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpur] v. break something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

Dialect: syn. apa’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[palo-malo] n. world

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨló] n. lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xú] v. cut off; prune

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

Speaker: Tage Kanno