Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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)

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[amã] n. roof

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

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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

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[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

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[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

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[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

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lemba] n. village

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[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mjopɨ] n. 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

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

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[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 pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[rel garɨ] n. train

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[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

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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

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨgo] n. bridge

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

[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

[tumbu ude] n. tent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ude] n. 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

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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

[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

[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

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[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

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[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

[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

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò