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[aʎeɁ] n. door

akó koñtw’

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

ari’

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

ba’so

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[baɁso] adj. long

bare

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

barr

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

bije

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

buutuñ

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

bwpw’

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

byaakañ

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

dazi somiñ

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

du’ca

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

dutiñ

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

dw’

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

dwri-hulo

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

dáa

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

f

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

ga

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

gwmya

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

ha’

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[haɁ] v. bite off

haafiñ

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

habuñ

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

haqw

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

hixu’

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

hwjañ apiñ

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

imo’ pwlo

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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

jalo

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

ka’

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

kapa’

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

karmú

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

kaxè

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

ke’ba

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

kwpa’ ahì

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

kwrañ

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

la’he

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

lai

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[lai] n. torch

malo

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[malo] n. roof of a house

mi’ju

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

miji’

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

misi

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

mula

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[mula] n. radish

murpu

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[murpu] n. bonfire

muruñ

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

mwla’

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

mwla’-lula’

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

mwnù-mwna

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

mwpu

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

mwra

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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mwrw’

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

mwzò

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

myw káanw

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

neliñ

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

neñbu

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

nwka

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

ozi’-rwzi’

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

palañ twqá

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

papù afò

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

pesu’

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

pila xugyu’

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

poba’

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

poo

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

pudu appú

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

pwsa saaxu

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

pya’

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

q

[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

qwkw

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

raji

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[raɉi] n. plastic

riri tami

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

rubi’ yarú

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

rì afiñ

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

sah patw

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

santú tero

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

sardiñ

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

sumu

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

swfiñda

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

sww hwnw

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

ta’rò

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

taci’

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

tadvr

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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taku’ kuli

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

tano’

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

tarpi

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

tasiñ

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

taxó

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[taxó] adj. bald

teliñ

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[telĩ] v. push something out

topa’

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

uuxa’

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

xwdiñ

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[] v. cut off; prune

ya’pu-ya’lañ

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

yama

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[jama] adj. poor

yapiñ twpe

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

yo sampya

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

za

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

za’zo’

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

zaje’

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

zipá

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

zuupa’

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

íñsi

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)