Apatani English

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɨɁ] v. forget

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[botoli] n. bottle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[bjar] v. flip; flick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doodu] n. drop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dór

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaiɁ] v. sing

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laŋe] num. hundred

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lopo

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨho] v. make a sign

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlã] conj. also

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pidú] 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. he’dú

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põ] v. soak; marinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párkó] v. drill a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooŋo] n. wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ] n. nose

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zazo