Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ura

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[burù] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. garu

[dorɨ] n. winter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doorò

[dù] v. dig; excavate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gwwrò

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉola] n. bag

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kako jalo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kenda

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. koopu’

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loci] n. hook; peg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lukuɁ] n. shoe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mepa] v. search out; find out

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nasu] n. dance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁca] v. toss up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pace] n. the other side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[page] v. write; mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gè

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋoja] pron. something else

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sã] v. push or stuff something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisa] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tipi] n. thumb impression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[to] v. pour

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tii

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xe] v. distribute; divide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲor] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zar

[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álò] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno