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ahú

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

ala’ la’pù

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

apa’

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

ate

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

axw

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

axw sáa

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

aya-kaco

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

bo

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

bo’go

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

bya’

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

byaarañ

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

cixo

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

dazo

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

diigò

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

doolañ

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[doolã] adj. brownish

e’la’

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

fi’cu pwzañ

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

gu’

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

gwre

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

gyo

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

haatw

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[haatɨ] n. west

harkó

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

heme

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[heme] n. oath; promise

hibu

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[hibu] n. beak

hiicí

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

hu’si-rasi

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

huqa

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

háakò

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

hùu

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

kaco

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

kofo’-koco

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

kofuñ

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

kokañ

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

kotvr

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

la’ku’ kvrv

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

laqe

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[laŋe] num. hundred

lañcañ

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[lãcã] adj. red

lupa’

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

lwpya

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[lɨpja] n. shin

misiñ

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[misĩ] n. machine

mixw runw

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

mome

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

mwciñ

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

mwpya-mwsa

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

mwte’

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

myobya

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

n

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

nekañ afe’

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

nelo

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

néesu

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[néesu] n. wrestling

pa’ca

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[paɁca] v. toss up

paaku’

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

pafù

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

paki’

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

papù

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[papù] n. egg

para

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[para] v. crawl in

paro’ paxw

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

parì-pagyò

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

peñ

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

peñci ajiñ

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

piifa

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

piñtú nanw

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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poxe

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

poñtañ

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

pujiñ

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

pyapyuñ

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

pyàpu

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

rimi-romo

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

rimyo’-riso

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

sa’ka-sa’ka

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

sadvr

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

sardiñ

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

sarsw’

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

sañje

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

sañxw’

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

sisa

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[sisa] n. glass

sitañ

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

supuñ

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

supuñ tarw

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

surúu dozó

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

swfiñ dafi

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

swgañ

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

swlw’

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

sww atúu

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

tabe

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

tabyo

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

talañ

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

tazi’

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

twgò

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

w

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

wci-padw’

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

xeda harnw

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

xww

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

za

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

zaqa

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

zeñci’

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

áajó

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

ájù-amyò

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

ásù

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

úì

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil