Apatani English

[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

[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

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. byaací

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dacã] n. iron; metal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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

[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

[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[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

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kamra] n. room

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[malo] n. roof of a house

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nami

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nala

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. nako

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[põtã] n. a section of village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[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

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sabũ] n. soap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. siñbya

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sudu] n. bamboo container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tumbu ude] n. tent

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó] n. back; rear

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uskul] n. school

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xirki] n. window

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háakò