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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

ajiñbò

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

aju

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

ale’

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[aleɁ] n. wing

alw’

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

axw

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[axɨ] n. comb

axw harnwñ

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

baarañ

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

baró

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[baró] n. brother

batiñ

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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beluñ

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

bije

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

burta’

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

buuxe

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

bwyo

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

bíi

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

caaje’

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

còo

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

deqe

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

fe’pu

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

goñpyañ

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

haaru

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

he’i

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

hoñ

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[] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

hubur

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

hwzò

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

jifuñ

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

jigjiro

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

jiimu

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

kafu-kaca

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

kaji’

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

kofañ

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[koʎã] adj. round

kofuñ

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

kolò

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

koopu’

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

kv

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[] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

kwdi swbi

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

kwra

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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la’dw

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

lamu’-layu

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

loci

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[loci] n. hook; peg

lunù-luna

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

lwgu’

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

lwriñ

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

malo-kalo

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

miilò

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Misañ

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

mocu’

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

murpa sai

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

mwfu

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

mwge’

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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myokuñ

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

naru

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[naru] v. odor; smell

neñ

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

née

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[née] v. wrestle

pa’svr

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

pató hamañ

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

paxu

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

paxw

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

pi

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[pi] v. slice or saw

piñta

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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poñ

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[] v. soak; marinate

pulis

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[pulis] n. police

pvrv

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

pwcó

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

pwse

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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pya’miñ pufe

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

párko’

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

pìi

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[pìi] v. dry

re’ke abya

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

rimyo’-riso

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

rwlañ

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

s

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

sabe’

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[sabeɁ] n. key

safi’

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

sah patw

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

sarlañ

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

si’

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[siɁ] v. urinate

sisa

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[sisa] n. glass

so’ko

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[soɁko] n. jaw

sorjiñ

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

soy tarw

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

soñ

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[] v. move sideways

subu sa

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

swmi

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[sɨmi] n. lake

tafuñ

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

tamù

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[tamù] n. a deity

tazi’ pamw

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

wqa gw

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

xa

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

xa’ce

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

xoñxuñ

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

xw

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[] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

yamu muku

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

zakù

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

zaqa

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

zeñ

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

zuu

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle