Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjú] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aháa

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apel] n. apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi cago] n. east

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[du] v. drip (of water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kageɁ] v. look at

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lukuɁ] n. shoe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[martul] n. hammer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nee] v. thresh or knead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[perũ] n. bean

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[po] v. weave

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨge] n. barbet

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qe’ko

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. roñ

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. push

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ata’

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ámè] v. mate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩka] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

Speaker: Tage Kanno