Apatani English

[aʎí] n. bow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apúu] n. arrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò] n. night

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[còoʎa] v. limp

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doodu] n. drop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gartú

[gõpɨ] n. chin

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kageɁ] v. look at

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[káhè] adj. big; large

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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

[lo] post. with; by

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loɲì] n. two days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mubuɁ] n. gun

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ohó] adj. tall; high

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɁlo] v. toss down

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[page] v. write; mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gè

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Pinɨ] n. Creator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarka] v. smile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rica] v. throw something upwards

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. rilo

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa] n. rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sapì] adj. flattened

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨxó] n. water channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[takoɁ] n. dirt

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tarlar] n. peacock

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨre] n. thorn

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tare

[xe] v. distribute; divide

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákò] adj. low; short

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

Speaker: Tage Kanno