Apatani English

[ mura ]

n.    seat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ mɨgeɁ ]

n.    pincers, usually of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

[ mɨjã ]

n.    a variety of plant used as tinder

Speaker: Tage Yassing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ 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

[ nago ]

n.    ritual hut in the middle of a village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ narũ ]

n.    fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

[ nɨji ]

n.    an element of loin loom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ 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

[ 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

[ o xuiɁ hamã ]

n.    a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ 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

[ paapi ]

n.    a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pagi jaru ]

n.    Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paì ]

n.    a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ paì tapi pɨta ]

n.    Scarlet Finch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ pai-paca ]

n.    a large cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pakã ]

n.    goose

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ pamã ]

n.    bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ paroɁ patǝr ]

n.    cage for chicken

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ paroɁ pɨha ]

n.    basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ parɨ-molã ]

n.    a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ parɨɁ ]

n.    Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ 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

[ peca ]

n.    a variety of wild apple

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ peenɨ ]

n.    ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Religion & Belief

[ pepuɁ ]

n.    mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ peŋu ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ piiʎa papù ]

n.    a variety of greenish bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ 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

[ pĩta ]

n.    rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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

[ pombo laso ]

n.    a variety of insect with long limbs

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ pɨdi ]

n.    a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ pɨdì ]

n.    a variety of bird; sparrow

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

[ pɨdĩ ]

n.    male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ pɨdĩ xotu ]

n.    metal skewer for hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ pɨʎiɁ ]

n.    hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ pɨha ]

n.    a variety of bamboo basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pɨpĩ ]

n.    bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pɨro ]

n.    basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ pɨrɨ ]

n.    wooden boundary of a hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ pɨse ]

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ pɨtaɁ ahì ]

n.    wild pear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ pɨtaɁ appú ]

n.    flower of wild pear tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã ]

n.    a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ raɉuɁ ]

n.    a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ riite ]

n.    a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ rɨbɨ ]

n.    railing

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ rɨgoɁ ]

n.    cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Dialect: syn. rwguñ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ sampú ]

n.    a variety of white beads of chank shell

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ sãgo tape ]

n.    a kind of bead

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ sãxã meʎã ]

n.    a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ sarxo ]

n.    stalk, of millet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Agriculture & Forestry

[ seja hamã ]

n.    Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ subu ]

n.    mithun; bos frontalis

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ subú ]

n.    alley; back alley

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ subu sihɁ ]

n.    pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ 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

[ subu sɨbo ]

n.    mithun bull

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ subu sɨdó ]

n.    half grown mithun

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ sukũ pɨtĩ ]

n.    open space by a well

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ sulú ]

n.    fence

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ supũ pĩta ]

n.    beer container used during rituals

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

[ sɨre tɨxe ]

n.    tick

Dialect: syn. swre taxe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ sɨtɨ bjako ]

n.    yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ taɁmĩ ]

n.    Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ taaró ]

n.    variety of a fig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees
• Food & Drink

[ tadoɁ ]

n.    a variety of yellow beads

Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

[ tadǝr ]

n.    a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ tai belã ]

n.    a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ takĩ ]

n.    cowrie shell

Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ takĩ ɲaɁco ]

n.    cowrie shell

Dialect: syn. takiñ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ talo ]

n.    brass plate

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ tapã ]

n.    algae; moss

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

[ tape hamã ]

n.    vegetable of pumpkin leaves

Speaker: Tage Numpi

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink

[ tapɨ ]

n.    an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Tools & Implements

[ tasã ]

n.    ornament

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ tɨp pɨpɨ ]

n.    Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ ɨdã ]

n.    spear

Dialect: var. adañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Weapons

[ xaarũ agjã ]

n.    altars for the xaruñ god

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Music & Dance
• Religion & Belief

[ xaarũ agjã ]

n.    altar for the xaruñ god

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture
• Religion & Belief

[ xapo ]

n.    bamboo rack above the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ jaɉuɁ ]

n.    ladle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jaɉuɁ pɨxo ]

n.    a variety of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

Semantic domains:

• Insects & Flies

[ jana ]

n.    a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Plants & Trees

[ japĩ hulo ]

n.    nose plug

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Clothing & Ornaments

[ japǝr ]

n.    mortar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ japjo ]

n.    winnower

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

[ jasi paɉeɁ ]

n.    water birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Semantic domains:

• Animals & Birds

[ 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

[ jo asóo ]

n.    strips of smoke preserved pork

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Food & Drink
• Material Culture

[ jo badè ]

n.    ceiling rack for storing meat

Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ jopo ]

n.    cane basket

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Household Items

[ jugjã ]

n.    ritual altar of the Apatanis

Dialect: syn. agyañ

Speaker: Tage Kanno

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Semantic domains:

• Hunting & Fishing
• Religion & Belief