Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì] n. leg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ane] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ama

[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[du] v. drip (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haame] adj. coward; timid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. haaro

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kakur] v. look back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kalo] v. look downwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kinɨ] n. bitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pace] n. the other side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pafa

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨʎi] num. four

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. sa’po

[saaxu] n. pine cone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨpǝr] n. pond

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨ] v. cost; value

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaxo] n. stick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álì] v. plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno