Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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

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

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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

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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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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

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

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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

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[lemba] n. village

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[malo] n. roof of a house

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nala] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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

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

[pota] n. paper

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

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

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

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

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[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

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ude] n. house

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[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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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá