Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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

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

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

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[amã] n. roof

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

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[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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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dukã] n. shop

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

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

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉu] v. winnow

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lemba] n. village

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

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

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

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

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

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

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

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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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

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[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

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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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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[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

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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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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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò