Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

Dialect: ant. twgò, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. da’re’ke, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

Dialect: syn. saanci, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

Dialect: syn. haasopa, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisi] n. now

Dialect: var. swsi, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Dialect: var. tano gorgo, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlar] n. peacock

Dialect: syn. tar pwta, Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Dialect: syn. xañxañ, Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu muku] n. smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Dialect: syn. za’zo’, Speaker: Tage Kanno