Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo] n. salt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutɨ] n. community; society

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[dĩ] v. pound with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùu] v. sit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mata’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨju] n. ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papú] n. puffed grain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pece

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poŋepa] adv. differently

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párpĩ] v. screw close

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɉã] n. lizard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tago] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarú] n. mosquito

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tii] v. pour

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. to

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uuko] n. hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú rui] n. ear wax

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rui

[jasã] n. firewood; wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno