Apatani English

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

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)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

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

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

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

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽda] n. path

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nala] n. drain

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

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nesú] n. granary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽbu] n. home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[potuɁ] n. photo

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
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

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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

[sɨgo] n. bridge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

[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

[ude] n. house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xirki] n. window

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

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò