Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lemba] n. village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[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

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽbu] n. home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paako] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rel garɨ] n. train

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tumbu ude] n. tent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɨskul] n. school

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

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõcã] n. corner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno