Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. asu’

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[adã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. árù

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dema

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doqe’

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[ke] v. write

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[lake] v. to cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cirw

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩbè] n. snow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. peñbè

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pí] v. bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. qaatw

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swni

[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. saq

[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

Speaker: Tage Kanno