Apatani English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. heart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[appú] n. flower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[araɁ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cì] v. bite

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi cago] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaci

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doolã] adj. brownish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doosi’

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[golu] v. lie

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. aì

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haatɨ] n. west

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[ho] num. in; at

Speaker: Nani Anga

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mombati] n. candle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nã] v. push; press

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨcã] n. pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁko] v. open

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrĩ] n. otter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[une gɨkor] n. scar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨro] n. large intestine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno