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

abba

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

adú

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[adú] v. make noise

afi’

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

ajiñ arañ

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

aju

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

akì kíinw

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

amyañ

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[amjã] n. name

anee

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

arañ nanw

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

arò dafi

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

asu’-asa’

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

atw’

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

atú-kahè

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[atú-kahè] n. size

axóo pèeruñ

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

balu

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[balu] n. garden

bare

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

be

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[be] v. fasten or tie

bibu’

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

bije biirañ

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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bo’go

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

buñ

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[] v. crowd

byo’hú

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

bóo

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

dar

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

daruu

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[daruu] n. summer

dazi riila’

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

deñki

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

empu

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

fa’

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

fofi’-coci’

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

ga’

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

golu paka’

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

haasopa

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

haqw

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

heñtiñ

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

hiñ

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[] v. pinch

hoañ

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

háako

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[háako] n. entrance

icu

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

ifiñ

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

ipo’

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

je’ta

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

kafa

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

kage’

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[kageɁ] v. look at

kaji tiñ

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

kapanw he

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

ke’ke

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

keba’-kela

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

koló

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[koló] n. in the olden days

koñcì

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

kusu’

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

la’du

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

lobú-lomè

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

lumù

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

mata’

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

miguñ

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

mwbyú

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

mwdó byoco

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

mwmiñ

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

mwnù-mwna

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

mwri-mwza

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

mwtù

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

mwxe’

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

n

[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

nañtiñ

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

neha

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[neha] n. man; human beings

o barde

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

oho búudu alo

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

pa

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

pafo’

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

pata’ ude

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

patu’

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

patw riñbi

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

pazi’ azi’

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

poqe

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[poŋe] adj. different

pwle’

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

párww

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

rapw’

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

re’ke abya

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

riila’

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

ro’ko

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

ro’pi

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

ruu

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

sañtiñ

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

tabe

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

turcañ

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

tutu nanu

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

twko

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[tɨko] n. money

tùda’

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

umyú

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

uurò

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

wro o

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

xa’ce

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

xaaruñ agyañ

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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xwnwñ

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

yapiñ ubúu

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

yarì

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

yata

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

yo tardu

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat