Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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

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

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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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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani 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

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[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

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

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

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[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

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[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

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

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

[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

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõcã] n. corner

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

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[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

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá