Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buʎú] n. tadpole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cì] v. bite

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daarò] adj. big step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daazó

[diiha] n. clay soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duñxó

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[elù] n. reed flute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxè] v. look in anger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. koso

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpì] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mitai] n. sweet

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pe] v. switch; lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pohaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. puha’

[pɨge] n. barbet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rel garɨ] n. train

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

Speaker: Tage Kanno