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

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

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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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

[dekĩ] n. clay

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎã] v. bless

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

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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

[itú] adj. small; short

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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

[kursi] n. chair

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[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

[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

[lẽbo] n. road

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. lembo

[lẽda] n. path

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoxa] n. bamboo 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

[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

[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

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[opis] n. office

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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

[põtin] n. pen

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨri] n. chicken coop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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Speaker: Tage Kanno

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[saiklo] v. bicycle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sãxã] n. rubber

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

[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sukũ] n. well; spring

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[sɨha] n. cane rope

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[ude] n. house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[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

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of 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

[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