Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aci takǝr] n. star

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agũ] n. mouth; language

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aĩ] n. gold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì taxɨ] n. flea

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alo] n. day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. armyañ

[aníi] n. fruit bud

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] n. cooked rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apó] n. body

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arí] v. string together (beads)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cáa] v. split; slit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[hokɨ] post. from

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁcã] n. ring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laakoɁ] v. open

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelii] n. world of the dead

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pilá] n. rice porridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sã] v. push or stuff something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooŋo] n. wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨdɨ] adj. short

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áamì] n. cat

Speaker: Tage Kanno