Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. asu’

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baró] n. brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùumo] v. take rest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉola] n. bag

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. la’ci

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨciɁ] n. toe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mitai] n. sweet

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sa] n. rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. slip; skid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tù] v. flood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[janɨ] n. leaf

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. anw

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álò] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno