Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[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

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nesú] n. granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽbu] n. home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[nɨbju] n. textile

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[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

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke] n. ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[sisa] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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

[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

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ude] n. house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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