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

[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dacã] n. iron; metal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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

[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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pili] n. playground; open field

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[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’

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke] n. ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ] n. well; spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[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

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨko] n. money

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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