Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[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

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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

[dacã] n. iron; metal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda] n. country; land

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[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

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. empya’

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

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

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lemba] n. village

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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[nala] n. drain

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

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

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

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[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 mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

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

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

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

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[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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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[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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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarsi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tasi

[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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ude] n. house

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

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

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[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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[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

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá