Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. atañ

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. wdañ

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arcì] v. roll

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bár] v. charge interest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byací

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doolã] adj. brownish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kageɁ] v. look at

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kopw

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. lull; console

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nitĩ] n. proverb

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Pinɨ] n. Creator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párkó] v. drill a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rõpe] adv. four times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supù] n. blacksmithy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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

[xetaɁ] n. book

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨdĩ] v. add

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno