Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ura

[aháa] n. heart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyú

[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apɨ] n. breadth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjar] v. flip; flick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ektor] n. actor

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lai] n. torch

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

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lopo] n. half day

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[loɲì] n. two days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjã] v. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ] n. wife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puri] v. read; study

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjuɁ] v. sell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rumali] n. handkerchief

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[une] n. wound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákótá] pron. one more

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

Speaker: Tage Kanno