Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ] n. comb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. heavy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciĩ] v. weave

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. keeme’

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lalĩ] n. footprint

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lemba] n. village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[meli] v. kill as revenge

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[née] v. wrestle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakuɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pu] v. bind

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puhaɁ] n. crow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. poha’

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨmǝr] n. dust

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[párkó] v. drill a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rasó

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãca] v. grow up

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨɲã] n. this year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taɲe] n. pus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tarze

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. uurò

[xe] v. read; count

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xée] v. fry; roast

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. zar

[ɲibo] n. guest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲor] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zar