Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[hẽco] v. tickle

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kóò bo] n. nephew

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luho] v. speak offensively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨca] n. lame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[muɉa] n. socks

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[poŋepa] adv. differently

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suh] n. spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨcã] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨdó] n. heifer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabu] n. snake

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[takeɁ] n. germ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨre] n. thorn

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tare

[tù] v. flood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. agoo

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xuu] adj. old

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú] n. ear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaso] n. cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[joʎã] n. dead of night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áamì] n. cat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno