Apatani English

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. árù

[amjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. armyañ

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[apɨ] n. breadth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apì-ara] n. clapping

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arã] adj. close, of relation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁɉi] n. injection

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõ] v. utter; emit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hu] pron. who

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉĩ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kala’

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lai] n. torch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English (light)

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨ] v. do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋe] adj. different

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨló] n. lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. miya

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sã] v. push or stuff something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisi] n. now

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swsi

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[takũ] n. peach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

Speaker: Tage Kanno