Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu

[apǝr] n. gallbladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[armjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyañ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw’

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dù] v. dig; excavate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaci] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imi] v. sleep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kanu] num. seven

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kapyo

[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mula] n. radish

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɨ] v. heal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjodu] n. time; season; period

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pãxa] n. fan

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽ] v. bequeath

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. piñ

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[seɲi] n. rhododendron

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarì] n. hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[tumbu ude] n. tent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ámè] v. mate

Speaker: Tage Kanno