Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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

[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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garta’

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. gaarò

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mãpo] n. roof covering

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[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

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pili] n. playground; open field

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

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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’

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rupu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sisa] n. glass

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Hindi

[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

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sulú] n. fence

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[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

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xõcã] n. corner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno