Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[abiɁ] adj. complete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahu] n. body; torso

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

[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. arnw’

[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arã] adj. close, of relation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. alvr

[armjã] n. name

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. amyañ

[arò kõci] n. dawn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɨɁ] v. forget

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[cicĩ] n. loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[gjopu] n. shooting star

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laama] adj. few; not many

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ice

[leɁ] v. lop off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miju] n. human beings

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xa

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñru

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁko] v. open

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ápì] v. dry

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno