Apatani English

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

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

[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

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

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

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sabũ] n. soap

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

[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

[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

[sukũ] n. well; spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[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

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tumbu ude] n. tent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

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

[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

[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

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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