Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ] n. comb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bù] v. uproot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtu] v. nod

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõ] v. utter; emit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilu] n. gum

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lalĩ] n. footprint

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nee] v. thresh or knead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pacá] v. levy fine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parɨ] v. rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁɲi] num. eight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[popǝr] n. butterfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulis] n. police

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rel garɨ] n. train

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saati] n. pine sap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨni] n. sugar

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takeɁ] n. germ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[temaɁ] v. touch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xoɁ] v. pry open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xú] v. measure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

Speaker: Tage Kanno