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[ abjóo ]
n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth
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[ agǝr ]
n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted
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[ aíi hiipĩ ]
n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath
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[ alo sudu ]
n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns
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[ amu pèerũ ]
n. a variety of bean
Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ
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[ babó ]
n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals
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[ bacĩ ]
n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)
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[ bade ]
n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci
Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci
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[ bagã riɲo ]
n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)
Dialect: syn. neha appú
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[ barɉuɁ ]
n. netted cane basket for everyday use
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[ basɨɁ ]
n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore
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[ batĩ ]
n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it
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[ behe ]
n. bamboo shoot
Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw
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[ biɉe sudu ]
n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe
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[ birã patuɁ ]
n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)
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[ boha ]
n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope
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[ bjaago ]
n. front verandah of an Apatani house
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[ bjapuɁ ]
n. bamboo shoot
Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw
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[ bjuxɨ̃ ]
n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard
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[ cãta ]
n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)
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[ ciba ]
n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin
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[ cuuxa ]
n. small bamboo container over the fireplace
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[ daareɁ reɁke ]
n. lower rack over the fireplace
Dialect: syn. da’re’ke
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[ damĩda ]
n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí
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[ damu ]
n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement
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[ didu ]
n. liquid container of bamboo
Dialect: syn. dije’
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[ diiʎã pákù ]
n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)
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[ diɉeɁ ]
n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)
Dialect: syn. didu
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[ empjã sudu ]
n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry
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[ gijã hamã ]
n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)
Dialect: syn. giyañ
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[ haʎã hamã ]
n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)
Dialect: syn. genda hamañ
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[ heɁteɁ ]
n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields
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[ hurtaɁ ]
n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot
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[ hɨgũ hamã ]
n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)
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[ hɨɉã lɨhaɁ ]
n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother
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[ ĩgja ]
n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house
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[ ɉixe tarɨ ]
n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)
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[ ɉoɉuru ]
n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)
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[ ɉoɉuru ]
n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)
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[ keená ]
n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
Dialect: var. kenda
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[ kenda ]
n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
Dialect: var. keená
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[ kikuɁ ]
n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo
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[ kortú ]
n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)
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[ kukuʎu hamã ]
n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)
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[ kɨdi paju ]
n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber
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[ kɨle pẽbu ]
n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river
Dialect: syn. kwle pemu
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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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[ kɨra ]
n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)
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[ laɁpã ]
n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan
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[ leɁca ]
n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals
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[ lobjoɁ tare ]
n. a variety of thorny plant
Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre
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[ lobjoɁ tɨre ]
n. a variety of thorny plant
Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare
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[ lɨri pɨsa ]
n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)
Dialect: var. nwri pwsa
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[ maɉi ]
n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item
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[ mepi ]
n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)
Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ
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[ mepi hamã ]
n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)
Dialect: syn. mepi
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[ miimaɁ ]
n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)
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Apatani Talking Dictionary.
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