Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Dialect: var. argò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[atú-kahè] n. size

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi cago] n. east

Dialect: syn. haaci, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garu] n. pillow

Dialect: syn. diñ nanw, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirã] n. molar tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo, Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Dialect: var. hurbu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hubju] n. scum; froth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Dialect: syn. hágw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iju] n. anus

Dialect: syn. koyu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉãda] n. flag

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalo] v. look downwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨci] n. left (leg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mula] n. radish

Dialect: or. Assamese, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] n. beginning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Dialect: ant. nako, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

Dialect: ant. rixa’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. complain; protest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

Dialect: ant. sozó, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuu] v. pick up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

Dialect: ant. agoo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨsã] n. high jump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨro] n. large intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jana] n. a species of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno