Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. uurañ

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo] n. day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alũ] v. surprise, shock

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bebuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[gora] n. horse

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ka] v. see; look at

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamo] adj. dark

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karo] v. spy; peep

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã] n. baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. myw laa

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[puri] v. read; study

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sor] v. complain; protest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taki] n. ginger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tartu] v. break

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[utɨ] n. camel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨtĩ] v. compare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janɨ] n. leaf

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw

[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

Speaker: Tage Kanno