Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎí] n. bow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alo lɨpá] n. noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amjaɁ] n. penis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cì] v. bite

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haɁ] v. bite off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harlã] n. thigh

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[húì] v. fall

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. karu

[kinɨ] n. bitch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. korbiñ

[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myobya

[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paakaɁ] n. plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. paaku’

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[petiɁ] n. belt

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puca] v. float (on water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. puha

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pjar] v. fold; braid

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takǝr] n. sputum

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. cukvr

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tù] v. push

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. adañ

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xoɁ] v. pry open

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

Speaker: Tage Kanno