Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. uurañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu] n. body; torso

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anu] n. younger brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɁso] adj. long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dĩ] v. pound with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gwwrò

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haabjã] n. chest

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: esp. weight

[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koha] num. nine

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lɨpja] n. shin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[marbolu] n. marble

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mo] v. move one’s face

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[oho milobo] n. son

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. puñtu

[papù] n. egg

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨi] n. fish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raabúu] n. hollow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rica] v. throw something up

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rilo

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ta] v. listen; hear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapú] v. peel off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xú] v. aim

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲatu] n. resting place

Speaker: Tage Kanno