Apatani English

[ bɨʎeɁ ]

adj.    soft; spongy; pliable

Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ sɨgã ]

n.    irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ kapũ ]

adj.    strange; bizzare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ laɁko ]

n.    button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ tasĩ siĩbo ]

n.    large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Dialect: syn. siñbo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ ai-are ]

adj.    annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ axáa tajú ]

adj.    mature; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ doha ]

n.    world; realm

Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Astronomy & the Sky

[ lɨɁsu ]

v.    interchange; exchange

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ mixɨ runɨ ]

n.    a person possessed by spirit

Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ pai-paca ]

n.    a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ asó ]

n.    length

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ rõ ]

v.    break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ haaceɁ ]

n.    difficult time; crisis; emergency

Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ puhaɁ ]

n.    crow

Dialect: var. poha’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ haɁtú ]

v.    obstruct; block; clog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ nẽcã ]

n.    plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ haʎã bjajũ ]

n.    tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ kapeɁ ]

v.    see through

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ pɨɨlɨɁ ]

v.    replenish (esp. liquor)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ gorbã ]

n.    shoulder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ bɨʎo ]

n.    yesterday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons

[ mɨʎo ]

n.    flame

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Fire & Cooking

[ tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ ]

v.    tear apart; rip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ŋarpa ]

v.    laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ tapǝr ]

n.    an element of babo

Dialect: var. twpvr

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ mɨɉo ]

n.    reward for doing something; wage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ kúcì ]

adj.    near

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ŋaɁ ]

v.    tie; bind

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ kotǝr ]

n.    bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ aɲè ]

num.    two (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Numbers & Counting

[ barr ]

v.    chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief
• Food & Drink

[ tapã ]

n.    algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[ kaka ]

v.    have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ dɨlɨ kɨce ]

n.    bamboo glass for measuring rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ cee ]

adj.    small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ botoli ]

n.    bottle

Dialect: or. English

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ damu ]

n.    wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements
• Agriculture

[ aɉí ]

n.    farm; wet agricultural field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture

[ rɨlã ]

adj.    euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ goɲó ]

adj.    small (of a mouth); low voice

Dialect: ant. gorò

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ pjã ]

v.    swell, as of wound

Dialect: syn. gòobu

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ laɁdu midĩ ]

n.    elbow

Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ talũ ]

adj.    an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ jaciɁ ]

v.    close (a sliding door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ agoo ]

adj.    external; exterior

Dialect: ant. ura

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ hẽxɨ-milĩ ]

adj.    scarce; meager; in short supply

Dialect: syn. heñxw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ taaxè ]

v.    lie on one’s back; lie supine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ mɨpó ]

v.    cut accidentally with some sharp edge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ sãtǝr ]

adj.    fully grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ja ]

n.    nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• People & Kinship

[ ĩ ]

v.    go

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ miʎa bariɁ ]

n.    whirlwind

Dialect: syn. ro bari’

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ cíi ]

v.    be extinct

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ anɨɁ ]

n.    hurry; haste; urgent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ɲoo ]

letter name    z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Alphabet

[ koha ]

num.    nine

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Numbers & Counting

[ úì ]

n.    spirit; god; devil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Natural World
• Religion & Belief

[ miɉiɁ lãcu ]

n.    Adam’s apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ xeɁŋɨ ]

v.    sob impulsively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ paxo ]

n.    narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Dialect: syn. he’te’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture

[ ʎaɁco ]

n.    tiny metal bell

Dialect: syn. za’co

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ bɨsã tabú ]

n.    a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

Dialect: var. busañ tabú

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles & Amphibians

[ kahó-tamo ]

adv.    in an offending manner

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ leju ]

n.    a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ sɨxá ]

n.    an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ aíi ]

n.    blood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ karɨɁ ]

v.    meet; greet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ siiɲiɁ ]

n.    small-sized larvae of dragonfly

Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ hẽɉu ]

n.    attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ po ]

v.    weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ lɨɨbũ ]

n.    unnatural death, of a woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ põ ]

v.    soak; marinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ lɨpiɁ ]

n.    numbness of the limbs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ tuuli ]

n.    post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ xõxũ ]

n.    falcon; eagle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ jarlo ]

v.    calm someone down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ bɨraɁ ]

adj.    mellow (of taste)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ marbolu ]

n.    marble

Dialect: or. English

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ heɁ ]

v.    blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ sor ]

v.    stretch; sprawl; lounge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ peŋu ]

n.    a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ ɉare ]

num.    one thousand

Dialect: etym. jar + he

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Numbers & Counting

[ xaci ]

n.    ceiling rack for storing meat

Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ subu sa ]

n.    cane rope for mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ kũ ]

v.    pour, esp. grains from one container to other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ laɁŋǝr ]

n.    wrist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ oho búu ]

v.    give birth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ axa-ajá ]

v.    burning sensation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Health & Sickness

[ óò ]

v.    till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ abuɁ ]

v.    coddled; pampered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ nelo ]

n.    household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ roɁko ]

n.    a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ mubuɁ ]

n.    gun

Dialect: syn. bebu’

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ aháa ]

n.    string; cord

Dialect: syn. agyú

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ bakoɁ ]

n.    box

Dialect: or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ apũ ]

prep.    among

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ ɉalo ]

conj.    although; even if; or

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ akì amù ]

n.    dog’s hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Body Parts & Secretions

[ koro ]

n.    saw syn. aarí

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements