Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Dialect: var. abrv, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. string; cord

Dialect: syn. agyú, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo] n. day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Dialect: ant. daarò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. dije’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Dialect: syn. garu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guli] n. bullet

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Dialect: syn. áako, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ita] n. brick

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koŋ] num. one

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

Dialect: syn. kupyu’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

Dialect: syn. mwne’, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpĩ] v. close

Dialect: syn. mwpyañ, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

Dialect: ant. neliñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨbju] n. textile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[objoɁ] adj. long

Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poteɁ] adj. full

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

Dialect: ant. puzó, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Dialect: var. rwpu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

Dialect: syn. ra’po, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

Dialect: ant. pyu’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

Dialect: syn. rwxwda, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãsũ] n. plantation

Dialect: syn. sadi; salw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siɁ] n. urine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

Dialect: Or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisa] n. glass

Dialect: or. Hindi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

Dialect: syn. swxẁ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Dialect: var. twbe, Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taʎa] v. listen

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

Dialect: var. tano-gogo, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taju] n. wasp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuulu] n. sub-clan

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Dialect: syn. tardu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno