Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎã] num. ten

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aháa] n. string; cord

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[araɁ] v. tie

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[artĩ] n. scrotum

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arũ] adv. near; close by

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asó] n. length

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[haɁ] v. bite off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sumu

[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapa] v. find; discover; see

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koʎã] adj. round

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nãkoɁ] v. push open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨbju] n. textile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. miya

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sanɨ] n. tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taa] v. swim

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagì] n. sickle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno