Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akó] num. one; single

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

[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùuha] v. sit down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guli] n. bullet

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. twgò

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harkó] v. bore a hole

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hú] v. pound; pummel

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imo] n. paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. emo

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ke] v. write

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koopja] n. lower back

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kumur] n. grasshopper

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[lalala] conj. then; and then

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. padw’

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[popita ahì] n. papaya

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rĩbi] n. spider

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tacì] n. crab

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno