Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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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

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[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

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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’

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[rel garɨ] n. train

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ude] n. house

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

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

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xirki] n. window

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno