Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[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

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[dacã] n. iron; metal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[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] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nesú] n. granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽbu] n. 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

[nɨbju] n. textile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[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

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. piñdañ

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá