Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dui] n. tobacco

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[díĩ] v. curse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[garu] n. pillow

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwme

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[huuda] adj. bright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanulo] n. weekdays

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. ringworm

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[para] v. crawl in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. parliñ

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã] adj. yellow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨnã] n. rice husk

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. empw

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi] n. fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[rako] n. tortoise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[roɁnɨ] n. hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ro’po

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sapì] adj. flattened

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sopĩ] n. lizard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. complain; protest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing