Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎoo] n. tongue

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ageɁ] n. quiver

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo] n. outside

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì kíibò] n. male dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì] n. leg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[araɁ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉi] n. time

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[baró] n. brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bóì] n. track made by large game

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cíi] v. be extinct

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daaɲe] n. two steps

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bari’

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉare] num. one thousand

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kanu] num. seven

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxè] v. look in anger

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎã] adj. round

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kooʎa] v. limp

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[moru] n. cheek

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨ] v. do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

[patǝr] n. cage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reŋe] adj. tired

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. reqw

[riimi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sati] n. umbrella

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[selɨ] v. pull something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tamì] n. weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapeɁ] n. leech

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tur] v. be alive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarlo] v. calm someone down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno