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[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

acò-amyò

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

afí

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[aʎí] n. bow

ají

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

ama’

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

ayúu mapà

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

bade

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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barde

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

bije

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

cañta

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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ci’pw

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

ciirw

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

culu

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

dogiñ

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

dor

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

dorw

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[dorɨ] n. winter

du

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[du] v. drip (of water)

dwliñ

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

dwpyo

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

e’

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[] v. shoot

e’xw

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

eha

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

ektor

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[ektor] n. actor

fa’

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

fe’

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

gyáa

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

hentvr

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

heñjuñpa

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

hiizi’

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

ho

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[ho] num. in; at

hu’pa’-hu’ya

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

i’qvr

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

ifo’

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

imo

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[imo] n. paddy

ixò hóonw

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

iñci

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[ĩci] v. reach

ja

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

jifá

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

jopyañ

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

juza

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

kamè

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

kenna

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

koode koode

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

kopa’

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

koñci patañ

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

kwpa’

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

la’qvr

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

la’riñ

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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le’ta’

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

loci

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[loci] n. hook; peg

lodw

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

lunù-luna

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

meli

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

mepa

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

mwbo

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

mwjù-mwmyo

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

mwlañru

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

mwrí

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

mya

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[mja] v. lull; console

myobyu

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

myoko

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

nañlò

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[nãlò] v. push something down

nañtiñ

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

néesu

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[néesu] n. wrestling

oho búudu alo

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

paka’

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

pamí

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

paxw

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

pohi’

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

pooró

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

pulúu

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

pwdi mwluñ nanw

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

pwdì

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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pwpiñ

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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pyu’nw

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

qwzì

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

rì arò

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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

saañ

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[saã] v. grow; live

sadi-sapa

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

sar

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

sañda

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

sikuñ-siri

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

swro

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[sɨro] n. this morning

sárce

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

ta’mo

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

tabe

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

tano pvrv

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

tatw’

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

taxw’

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

tañru

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

tañxwñ

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

tor

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

tusvr

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

twrw huufi’

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

wro o

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

xelw’

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

yo aya’

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

árè

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)