Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎoo] n. tongue

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí-abã] n. elders

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apũ] prep. among

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjako] n. common term for berries

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjopu] n. shooting star

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hilu] n. gum

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laŋu] n. neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁ] v. lop off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨho] v. make a sign

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[no hopa] pron. for where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽ] v. bequeath

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ribo] v. throw something across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rõxe] adv. six times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. roñ

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ta] v. listen; hear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. age’

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákótá] pron. one more

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno