Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dacã] n. iron; metal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lemba] n. village

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lẽda] n. path

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paako] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ude] n. house

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[ɨskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò