Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎeɁ] n. door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[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

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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

[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

[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

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[garɨ] n. vehicle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨri] n. pigsty

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haagja] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áagyá

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉãda] n. flag

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lembo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. leñbo

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

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

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

[misĩ] n. machine

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala] n. drain

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

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for 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

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

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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

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pota] n. paper

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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 pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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

[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

[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

[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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨpu] n. silver

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. rupu

[sãxã] n. border post

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. simbya

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tasi] n. wall

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. tarsi

[teli] n. oil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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

[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

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xetaɁ] n. book

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[xõcã] n. corner

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. háagyá