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aba’

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

abba-bañkuñ

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

ahu

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[ahu] n. body; torso

ami’ mi’tiñ

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

apa’

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

apiñ

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

apì-ara

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

ara’

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[araɁ] v. tie

asu’

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

ata

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

ata’

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

axe’

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

ayò

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[ajò] n. night

b

[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

bai-bala

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

bije twgya

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

buu

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

ciba

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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cáa

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[cáa] v. split; slit

de’

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

diñ

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[] v. pound with something

dorzó

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

dulu

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

dw

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[] v. eat; have a meal; dine

embiñ xañcu

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

giyañ yorli

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

go

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[go] v. throw

gu’

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

gyáa

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

haafiñ

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

haapuñ

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

haaro

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

harw

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

he’

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

hiicí

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

hiñ

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[] v. pinch

iyu

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[iju] n. anus

jaapa’

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

jar

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

kado-lili

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

kagw

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

kanulo

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

karw’

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

kee

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

keemw’

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

ko’bu

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

kosi’ kofi

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

kuñ

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[] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

kwle tofo’

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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lar

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

li lilañ

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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locuñ

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

lotw

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

luku’

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

lupyu’-lusu’

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

lwgyu

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[lɨgju] n. claw

lwmiñ lahiñ

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

mazañ

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

mipa

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

mocu’

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

mwdiñpa

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

mya

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

nasw

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

nañpya

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

neñdú

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

no hokw

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

nwre pufe

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

pafo’

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

paga

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

peñ

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

piifa papù

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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pulúu

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

puñtu

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

pww

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

pyú

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

pár

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

re’ke ubúu

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

rica

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[rica] v. throw something up

roze

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

rumali

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

runw

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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[] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

sala burta’

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

sari

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

sitañ

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

swrañ

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

swzi

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

tajè

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

tako’

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

talẃ myoko

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

tariñ

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

taxó

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[taxó] adj. bald

xw

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[] v. count; innumerate

yanu

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

yapvr

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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zaazi’ aláa

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

zadu-zabo

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

áamì

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[áamì] n. cat

úì atúu

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

úì peruñ

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean