Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò] n. night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bebuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bi] v. give; offer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùukũ] v. sit together

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. goi tabú

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aì

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. keembe’

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kenda

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpjo] n. palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[marlã] n. rust

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. harti

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mopla] n. muffler

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɉa] n. socks

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nasu] n. dance

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

[oho milobo] n. son

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨcã] n. pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨlì] n. water body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taxe] n. tick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. twxe

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. tozó

[turlaɁ] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tùla’

[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ápì] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno