Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaɲe] n. two steps

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁsí] n. scissor

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎã] adj. round

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. koso

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lai] n. torch

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

[lopo] n. half day

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lobyañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papi] n. wood chip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽbe] n. snow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñbe

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[ridóo] v. throw far

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ronw

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tado’

[tapã daʎi] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ude] n. house

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. saq

[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò

[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

Speaker: Tage Kanno