Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bum] n. bomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[dimǝr] n. dust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dùu] v. sit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gorò

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katú] v. watch from a distance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨpì] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨra] n. slave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ni] v. prune

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù] n. egg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[seɲi] n. rhododendron

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɉã] n. lizard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨlì] n. water body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨŋa] n. baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨro] n. large intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jana] n. a species of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álò] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno