Apatani English

[ jana ]

n.    a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ nago ]

n.    ritual hut in the middle of a village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ɉoɉǝr ]

n.    green june beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ subu sihɁ ]

n.    pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ bade ]

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

Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ parɨɁ ]

n.    Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ agjã ]

n.    ritual altar of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Time & Seasons
• Religion & Belief

[ peenɨ ]

n.    ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ paxoɁ sudu ]

n.    a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ iŋĩ ]

n.    purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Plants & Trees

[ 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

[ itú pumĩ ]

n.    a variety of small dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ dĩgjã ]

n.    fencepost

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ kɨle toʎoɁ ]

n.    sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ bagã riɲo ]

n.    a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Dialect: syn. neha appú

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ẽxo ]

n.    rice stalk; portion of a stalk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ẽtɨ jagɨ ]

n.    medium sized cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ 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

[ tadoɁ tasã ]

n.    a variety of yellow beads

Dialect: syn. tado’

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ pɨtaɁ ahì ]

n.    wild pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pai-paca ]

n.    a large cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jara ]

n.    a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ kukuʎu hamã ]

n.    a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ paì tapi pɨta ]

n.    Scarlet Finch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ jasi paɉeɁ ]

n.    water birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ tai belã ]

n.    a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ aɉí pɨhá ]

n.    small cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ laɁpã tuli ]

n.    post of là’pañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ loxoɁ ]

n.    a part of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ narũ ]

n.    fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ alóo ]

n.    bamboo flooring support

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ imiɁ ]

n.    sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ rɨbɨ ]

n.    railing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ɨdã ]

n.    spear

Dialect: var. adañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ cuuxa ]

n.    small bamboo container over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ daareɁ reɁke ]

n.    lower rack over the fireplace

Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ sarxo ]

n.    stalk, of millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ subu sɨbo ]

n.    mithun bull

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ kɨdi paju ]

n.    glue obtained from a variety of tuber

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ hɨgũ hamã ]

n.    a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Speaker: Nani Anga

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Plants & Trees

[ adã ]

n.    spear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ damu ]

n.    wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements
• Agriculture

[ pamã ]

n.    bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ pagi jaru ]

n.    Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ takĩ ]

n.    cowrie shell

Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ tapã ]

n.    algae; moss

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ mura ]

n.    seat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ japĩ hulo ]

n.    nose plug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ jaɉuɁ ]

n.    ladle

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

[ akì talã ]

n.    dog of brownish color

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paɁpo ]

n.    a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ abjóo ]

n.    headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ haʎã hamã ]

n.    Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

Speaker: Nani Anga

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ pɨdĩ xotu ]

n.    metal skewer for hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ laɁrĩ ]

n.    a hoop earring worn by women

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ hɨɉã lɨhaɁ ]

n.    small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Speaker: Nani Anga

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ kenda ]

n.    black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Dialect: var. keená

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ lomè ]

n.    an element of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ kɨra ]

n.    a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pɨse ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paroɁ pɨha ]

n.    basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ sɨre taxe ]

n.    tick

Dialect: syn. swre twxe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ midĩ ]

n.    nursery for paddy; seed bed

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ nɨri pɨsa ]

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

Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ subu ]

n.    mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ 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

[ jaɉuɁ pɨxo ]

n.    a variety of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ 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

[ sukũ pɨtĩ ]

n.    open space by a well

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ peca ]

n.    a variety of wild apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ japjo ]

n.    winnower

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ piiʎa papù ]

n.    a variety of greenish bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ damĩda ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Music & Dance

[ pɨdì ]

n.    a variety of bird; sparrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

[ leju ]

n.    a small path leading to a village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ japǝr ]

n.    mortar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ subú ]

n.    alley; back alley

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ batĩ ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ pakã ]

n.    goose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ 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

[ pɨrɨ ]

n.    wooden boundary of a hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ciɁpi ]

n.    wooden door frame

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ sɨtɨ bjako ]

n.    yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ endi ]

n.    rice plant; rice seedling

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ 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

[ mɨra ]

n.    effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ arɨɨ ]

n.    bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ lobjoɁ tare ]

n.    a variety of thorny plant

Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ laɁpã ]

n.    wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ kekuru ]

n.    bulbul; nightingale

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

[ pĩtú nanɨ ]

n.    an element of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ pɨro ]

n.    basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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

[ pombo laso ]

n.    a variety of insect with long limbs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ 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

[ maɉi ]

n.    Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ hurtaɁ ]

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items