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abba-apá

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

abyu-ate’

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

agoo

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[agoo] n. outside

ahu-apo

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

apañ keemañ

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

api’

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

asu’

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

asu’

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

ate

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

ayo-asi’

[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

baarañ

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

bilañ abíi

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

bwzañ

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

byurw-byarw

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

c

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

dapo

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

defañ-rwcañ

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

diixw

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

dituñ-potuñ

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

doha-dolo

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

doolañ

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[doolã] adj. brownish

dwraada

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

elì

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

fi’la

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[ʎi] v. become

gagvr

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

goñcañ une

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

ha

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

haaya

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

henci

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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heñpuñ-heñka

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

huañ

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

hwra’

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

hárgw

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

i’ce

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

icañ

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

jañ

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

jifuñ

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

juju

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

kaji

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

kamw

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

laakur

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[laakur] v. take back

laqe

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[laŋe] num. hundred

lobu loci

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

lumur

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

luuli hamañ

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

lwbañ

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[lɨbã] n. knee

malo

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[malo] n. roof of a house

mi’fò

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

miyu

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[miju] n. human beings

mwbyú

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

mwko’

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

mwko-mwpe

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

mwmyó

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

mwpe’

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

mwpya-mwsa

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

narbi

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

nw do

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

nwpa

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

opa’

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

paro’ yo

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

patu

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

pe’

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

pepu’ tabú

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

pilañ

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[pilã] adj. yellow

Pinw

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

po’pvr

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

poñcu’

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

puzó

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

pwdi pwzi’

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

pwfe

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[pɨʎe] num. four

pwsa saaxu

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

pyo

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

rumali

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

rupiñ

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[rupĩ] n. earring

rw’lo

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

sa’xw’

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

sabe’

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[sabeɁ] n. key

sado

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

saq

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

sañtvr

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

sañxw’

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

sosiñ

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

swpya

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

swtiñ

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

tado’

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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tai’ koya

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

tamù

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[tamù] n. a deity

ti’

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

wtw rwbw

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

x

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

xe’pa’

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

xei áfò

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

yaxañ

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

yo asóo

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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yorlu

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

zaanw

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

zaazo

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

zañpo tasiñ

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

ziñpvr

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple