Apatani English

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

Dialect: syn. ájùu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo apĩ] n. lunch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí-abã] n. elders

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ] n. scrotum

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Dialect: syn. byací, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cukǝr] n. sputum

Dialect: syn. takvr, Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùumo] v. take rest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[elù] n. reed flute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

Dialect: syn. suru dozó, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Dialect: ant. giko’, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Dialect: ant. twgò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Dialect: var. hoañ, Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kormo] n. seed

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laŋe] num. hundred

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁca] adj. blind

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁla] n. tear

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

Dialect: var. nasu, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabú] n. valley; gully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[popǝr] n. butterfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa), Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

Dialect: syn. peñko, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨló] n. lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

Dialect: ant. rica, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Dialect: var. ronw, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

Dialect: syn. rwxwda, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[santú] n. tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

Dialect: var. semo, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siɁ] v. urinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisi] n. now

Dialect: var. swsi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[urú] n. family

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú rui] n. ear wax

Dialect: syn. rui, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Dialect: var. háakò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno