Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asɨɁ] v. bite

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi] n. sun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁgo] n. crack

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garu] n. pillow

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõpɨ] n. chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katú] v. watch from a distance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luho] v. speak offensively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lulù

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nee] v. thresh or knead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ni] v. prune

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pa] post. purposive case marker

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁɲi] num. eight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨló] n. lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rica] v. throw something upwards

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rilo

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[salĩ] v. expel out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcã] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahĩ] n. mushroom

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toliñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ata’

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨro] n. large intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨtĩ] v. compare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno