Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ura

[akì] n. dog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ane] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ama

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apì-ara] n. clapping

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò] n. night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ga’po

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽ] v. think; love

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kako talo] n. mirror

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjó] adj. first

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luho] v. speak offensively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. murto

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nã] v. push; press

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãca] v. push something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[no hopa] pron. for where

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puhaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. poha’

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa] n. rope

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨmi] n. lake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[taki] n. ginger

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[temaɁ] v. touch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tur] v. be alive

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tor

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. age’

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japǝr] n. mortar

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

Speaker: Tage Kanno