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abi’

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

abyuñ-afuñ

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

adiñ diñji

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

afí

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

aháa

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[aháa] n. string; cord

aháa ba’

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

amo

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

ano

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

api’

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

arañ

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

armyuñ

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

arta’

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

azóo

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

bafa

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

baka’

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

barju’

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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barr

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

bebu’

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

bwje

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

ce’xo’

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

coga-coga

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

durgu

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

fa’ka

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

fe’be

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

ga’ce

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

he’i

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

heñje

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

hilu

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[hilu] n. gum

hogya takvr

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

hurbu

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

iyu

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[iju] n. anus

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

jijepa

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

ka’

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

kahi’-kaso

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

kaxa’-karì

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

keeme’

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

kone

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[kone] num. one

kozañ zaqe

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

koñcì

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

la’siñ

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

lela’

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

lokuñ

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

lufe

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

metw

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

mi’ca

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[miɁca] adj. blind

moñ

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[] v. chase; drive away; persue

mwra

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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mwru

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

mwxwñ-mwmywñ

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

mwyo

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

myw

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[mjɨ] n. wife

neñke’

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

néesu

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[néesu] n. wrestling

padiñ

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

papi

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[papi] n. wood chip

paro’he

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

parw-molañ

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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patañ áttò

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

paxw

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

peruñ

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[perũ] n. bean

piifa

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

pimw’

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

piñci’ sarsé

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

pufe sila’nw

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[] v. bark

ripa’

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

rugu

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

seliñ

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

su

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

su’

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

sufi’ sume

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

swpvr

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

sww

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

sww ixa

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

swxá

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

tabe

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

tagywñ mwjvr

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

talañ

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

tapvr

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

tari’

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

taxe

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[taxe] n. tick

taxò

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

tañpyo

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

tuubyú

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[tuubjú] n. edge

twniñ

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

une pagw

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

uro

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

wsañ

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

xaqe fañge

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

xe’

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

xuu

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[xuu] adj. old

y

[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

yaaxu’

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

yali

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[jali] n. fox

yarlo

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

yorsañ

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[jorsã] n. green chili

yuu

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

zafañ

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

áamì atúu

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten