Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ane

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aníi] n. fruit bud

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bakoɁ] n. box

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dór

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karo] v. spy; peep

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kenda

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobu] n. skeleton

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[misì] adj. old woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨ] v. do

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlã] conj. also

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[objoɁ] adj. long

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxu] n. shell; scale

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[putu] n. mountain

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. peñko

[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pìi] v. dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rutĩ] n. earring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[surù] n. coarse sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tape] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨɉã] n. sun

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalã] n. stone

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò