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aamw

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[aamɨ] n. mango

aarìda

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

aba’

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

adáa

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

ahi pyo’su

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

akó koñtw’

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

alì lwpiñ

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

ara’

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[araɁ] v. tie

bai-bala

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

biyañ

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

buuro

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

bwzi’-bwza

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

cayiñ-doyiñ

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

culu

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

da’fa

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

damiñda

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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daruu

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[daruu] n. summer

dañte’

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

diì

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[diì] v. detach; peel

dulu káanw

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

dwzo-mwzo

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

eñku

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

feñ

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

ganda

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[ganda] n. country; land

goñ

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[] v. utter; emit

gubu’

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

ha

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

hadw

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

henci

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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hoi

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[hoi] v. be; happen

hu’biñ

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

háagyá

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

iqw-iñxe’

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

iyu’

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

je’

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

jolo

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

kagya’

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

kapako he

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

keeme’

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

korw’

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

kulu

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[kulu] n. banana tree

kwsañ-kwsò

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

la’pi

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

lake

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[lake] v. to cross legs

lalala

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

lañgya

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

leqò aji

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

lula’

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

lwgyu

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[lɨgju] n. claw

lwxwñ

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

m

[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

mitai

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[mitai] n. sweet

murpu

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[murpu] n. bonfire

mwcu

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

mwró

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

mwti

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

mwxu

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

mwxw

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

mwzò

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

nunukw’

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

nwmañ

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

pata-pabya

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

paxw

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

piñci’ sarsé

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

pufañ

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

pwgya

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

pwlo huuto

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

pyo’su

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

qeñci’

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

riliñ

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

rizo gyadu

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

roñxe

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[rõxe] adv. six times

ru-xa

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

rugu

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

rwgañ

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

sañje

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

si

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[si] dem. this

sizi’ tasiñ

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

soy tarw

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

swfiñ swro

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

swma

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[sɨma] n. corpse

swzañ-swlò

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

tano’

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

tazi’ aru’

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

tw’li tw’li

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

twmiñ

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

ulu-byalu

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

xwbo ajiñ

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

yacu

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

yaji-yalo

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

yalo

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

yamyó

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

yapúu

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

yara

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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yordiñ

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

yu’

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[juɁ] v. skewer

z

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

za’tu

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

zo’

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition