Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[akì tɨxè] n. flea

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. akì taxw

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apáa] adj. young; immature

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuki] v. stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daaɲó] adj. small step

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. daarò

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi] n. sun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dimǝr] n. dust

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[durgu] n. wooden trough

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kadú] v. look upwards

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kenná

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

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

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. murto

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨho] v. make a sign

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[parbo] v. crawl across

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨnã] n. rice husk

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roŋohe] adv. five times

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sokiɁ] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tipi] n. thumb impression

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jarú rui] n. ear wax

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. rui

[jasi] n. water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲar] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

Speaker: Tage Kanno