Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abvr

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎí] n. bow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. heart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aríi] n. border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutɨ] n. community; society

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bũ] v. crowd

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cukǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. takvr

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’co

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áa

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hadɨ] n. anger

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hù] v. prick; stab

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[igɨ] n. evil spirits

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loci] n. hook; peg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[milò] n. husband

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[papi] n. wood chip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rã] v. tie; tether

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisa] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨ] v. die

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcúr] n. stag

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨlo] n. today

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨbe] n. other

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲor] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zar