Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arcì] v. roll

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dorzó

[du] v. drip (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaci] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hĩxã] num. thirty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉar] num. thousand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kalo] v. look downwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ko] prep. in; at

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laŋu] n. neck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milo] n. male

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mo] v. move one’s face

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nar] v. borrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakuɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. empw

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tala] n. lock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. do

[ĩka] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno