Apatani English

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì kíicú] n. puppy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buurò

[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[harkó] v. bore a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heme] n. oath; promise

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] v. be shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leko] v. cross

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lohe] n. one day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. murto

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paxu] n. shell; scale

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poteɁ] adj. full

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sakori] n. job; employment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ta] v. listen; hear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taka

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. takiñ

[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tariɁ] n. fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xuu] adj. old

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jama] adj. poor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jasi] n. water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. do

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò