Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[armjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyañ

[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baarò] adj. big flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bibuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[burù] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dorɨ] n. winter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dotɨ] n. sky

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kwpa’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpur] v. break something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtepa] pron. why

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabú] n. valley; gully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. búutw

[poŋe] adj. different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[salɨ] v. plantation

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu] n. snake

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨɁ] v. agree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapã daʎi] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tamiñ

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xoɁ] v. pry open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

Speaker: Tage Kanno