Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahĩ] n. gold

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. argò

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doolã] adj. brownish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨraada] adv. next year

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hukɨ] pron. whose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koló] n. in the olden days

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lopo] n. half day

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[milò] n. husband

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[more] n. forest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[née] v. wrestle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pulis] n. police

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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

[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rã] v. tie; tether

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sa] n. rope

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[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarse] n. millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sati] n. umbrella

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[siɁ] n. urine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisi] n. now

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. swsi

[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sumù] n. sand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tado’

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tõ] v. offer; give

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[jama] adj. poor

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ákò] adj. low; short

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[álù] v. to work

Speaker: Tage Kanno