Apatani English

[ didu ]

n.    liquid container of bamboo

Dialect: syn. dije’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ subu sɨdó ]

n.    half grown mithun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ batĩ ]

n.    hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ kekuru ]

n.    bulbul; nightingale

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ keená ]

n.    black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Dialect: var. kenda

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paì ]

n.    a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ pɨse ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paroɁ patǝr ]

n.    cage for chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ taɁmĩ ]

n.    Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ jugjã ]

n.    ritual altar of the Apatanis

Dialect: syn. agyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Hunting & Fishing
• Religion & Belief

[ subú ]

n.    alley; back alley

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ pai-paca ]

n.    a large cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ mura ]

n.    seat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ biɉe sudu ]

n.    bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ damĩda ]

n.    a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Music & Dance

[ behe ]

n.    bamboo shoot

Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ peŋu ]

n.    a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ bjapuɁ ]

n.    bamboo shoot

Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Plants & Trees

[ japjo ]

n.    winnower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ mepi hamã ]

n.    a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Dialect: syn. mepi

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pɨrɨ ]

n.    wooden boundary of a hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ dompo turla ]

n.    large bamboo glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ heɁteɁ ]

n.    narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Speaker: Nani Anga

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Hunting & Fishing

[ haasǝr ]

n.    the internodal part of a bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ tadǝr ]

n.    a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ĩgja ]

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ pɨʎiɁ ]

n.    hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ jara ]

n.    a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jo badè ]

n.    ceiling rack for storing meat

Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ iŋĩ ]

n.    purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Plants & Trees

[ pĩcuɁ ]

n.    bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ narũ ]

n.    fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ aíi hiipĩ ]

n.    feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ riite ]

n.    a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ o pɨro ]

n.    lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pɨha ]

n.    a variety of bamboo basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ tapã ]

n.    algae; moss

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ ɲimɨ ĩgja ]

n.    space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ bjoopǝr ]

n.    a variety of headgear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ cuuxa ]

n.    small bamboo container over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ aɉí pɨhá ]

n.    small cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ sɨre tɨxe ]

n.    tick

Dialect: syn. swre taxe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ paroɁ pɨha ]

n.    basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ tasã ]

n.    ornament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ nɨji ]

n.    an element of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ pagi jaru ]

n.    Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ kɨle pẽbu ]

n.    a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ amu pèerũ ]

n.    a variety of bean

Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture
• Food & Drink

[ parɨɁ ]

n.    Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ o pɨɲu ]

n.    bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ cicĩ ]

n.    loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ gijã hamã ]

n.    cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Dialect: syn. giyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ adã ]

n.    spear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ ẽxo ]

n.    rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ɉoɉuru ]

n.    a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ lɨri pɨsa ]

n.    a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pɨpĩ ]

n.    bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ cãta ]

n.    rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ laɁpã tuli ]

n.    post of là’pañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ mɨjù pɨleɁ ]

n.    a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ xapo ]

n.    bamboo rack above the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ lebu ]

n.    agate bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ mɨgeɁ ]

n.    pincers, usually of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ ɉoɉǝr ]

n.    green june beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ laɁrĩ ]

n.    a hoop earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ paì tapi pɨta ]

n.    Scarlet Finch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ kortú ]

n.    metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ jaɉuɁ ]

n.    ladle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ akì talã ]

n.    dog of brownish color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ babó ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief
• Music & Dance

[ subu sihɁ ]

n.    pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ japǝr ]

n.    mortar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ biɉe arɨ ]

n.    bundle of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ midĩ ]

n.    nursery for paddy; seed bed

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ tadoɁ ]

n.    a variety of yellow beads

Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ agjã ]

n.    ritual altar of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons
• Religion & Belief

[ talo ]

n.    brass plate

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ subu ]

n.    mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ leɁra ]

n.    cane havershack

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ bjuxɨ̃ ]

n.    cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ tai belã ]

n.    a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ imiɁ ]

n.    sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ kenda ]

n.    black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Dialect: var. keená

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ biɉe biiɲiɁ ]

n.    small sized bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ damu ]

n.    wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements
• Agriculture

[ ẽtɨ tari ]

n.    kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ kukuʎu hamã ]

n.    a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ dĩgjã ]

n.    fencepost

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ jau ]

n.    a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ arpɨ ]

n.    bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Villages & Towns

[ bacĩ ]

n.    box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ciɁpi ]

n.    wooden door frame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ paxo ]

n.    narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Dialect: syn. he’te’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture

[ paxoɁ sudu ]

n.    a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jo asóo ]

n.    strips of smoke preserved pork

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Material Culture

[ caãcú ]

n.    cooking tripod

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ sulú ]

n.    fence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ sukũ pɨtĩ ]

n.    open space by a well

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ pɨtaɁ ahì ]

n.    wild pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ peca ]

n.    a variety of wild apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink