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íñsi— that (demonstrative)
he'ta'— wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)
kedu— an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet
hafañ sañxañ mefañ— hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)
tema'— touch
e'pe— pumpkin
subú— alley; back alley
kooju'— hold one's legs together
ábì— swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth
puri— read; study
tu'te'— forehead of a cattle
kw— punch; jab
gya'— wander; roam
riila'— ray (of sun); beam
cañta— rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)
hequ-heñre— treat differently; discriminate; be biased against
hu'hw-hu'xe— shake to and fro
swni— sugar
safi'— green
myamya— antique brass plate
swdiñ— barking deer; muntjac
diñko— metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot
he'— blow (as wind)
buufú— tadpole
kela'— good writer; one who writes well
diigò— matter; issue; work
kwbyo'— flash; sparkle
sarpu sarse— an early ripening variety of millet
eñtw pata'— wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy
morto— metal arrowhead
taapya'— unfasten or untie a knot
mwxa'— do something wrongly; commit mistake
xeñpi— dry by heating
kahó— get punishment for a sin; retribution
paro'he— 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
koq— one
tapvr— cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival
re'ke ubúu— the opening to give access to the ceiling space
ifiñ linwñ— rectal prolapse
uunw— main entrance of a hole
mwbyu— contaminate (esp. liquids)
tale'— a variety of garlic
pa'po— a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes
tago— a variety of tree
le'pì— Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)
mikiñ— title used for dead males
rohiñhe— thrice; three times
papo— incomplete; not full
arná— choke
pwlu' pwle'— showy; flashy
nakú— uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)
ca— ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)
tarsi— wall
asi'— nest; lair; den
tarko— variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.
bwnw— female; damsel; lady
afe' ago— doorstep
oho búudu alo— birthday
dwrw— late; delayed
ha— come; arrive; enter
o pwzu— bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor
kusu'— hay; straw
swsida— now
gitiñ— close (a hinged door)
diipe— spade
eha— make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields
wsañ— high jump
xe— distribute; divide
byapu'— bamboo shoot
koyuñ— thrusting movement of hips
hoañ— back (anatomy)
la'tiñ— forcefully; with strength
peti'— belt
horku— slanting; squinting
asu'— dud crop; fuitless; unproductive
kwjiñ— stretch on tiptoe
lembyañ-lerañ— crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads
rupiñ— earring
párko'— screw open
gorá— a section of Apatani village council
artiñ ku— castrate
koyu tapyo— coccyx; tail bone
heñpyo'— guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken
opis— office
arí-apw— neighbourhood; locality
jabyò aji— fields located far away from the villages
sárce— tear something into two parts
nañpya— scatter by pushing
cañtw-dotw— universe; cosmos
hurta'— wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot
faqa— flow in (of water)
ho'ko-ho'pe— tangled; knotty
poorò— big, of cylinderical objects
nelw'— send somebody in
iqè— a variety of taro
zu'— wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub
yali— fox
taxóo— a variety of fern
nww— instigate; provoke
swcú— stag
kucì— near
bwdí— trick; tactic; strategy
diliñ— hair bun; tresses of bundled hair
dwpyo aíi— canine tooth
paro' lwgo— time in the early morning when the cocks crow
xelw'— force someone to do something
ragyañ— a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.
pukuñ— an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor
tayu— wasp
ga'je'— soften something by grasping repeatedly
kuñ— pour, esp. grains from one container to other
milo rwjì— a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)
api-aláa— sap of a tree
mwmó— use or spend a portion
mata' peruñ— a variety of bean
la'hw— archer's wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string
bazo— small flat object
heñbyañ— ample; sufficient; adequate
kanuda— in five days; five days hence
beluñku— friends; audience (term of address)
lañcu— goiter; hump
ti'— rub; scratch
goobw-cibw— preserve; protect; safeguard
tur— support (esp. with a pole or stick)
tusi'— join; attach; couple; connect
gòo— swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge
ozi'-rwzi'— cute; small and beautiful
kibo— male dog
damu— wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement
goñdu— arbitration; mediation; mediator
peñji ci'ri— a variety of valued sword
peruñ— bean
afe'— door
maañ— creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)
puha' tarpiñ— rice root weevil
pwze— chisel
dwzo-mwzo— rehearsal
be— fasten or tie
sa'liñ— breathe out; exhale
doxo-acañ— corner in the house reserved for ritual altars
la'siñ— forearm
he'te'— narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields
zadu-zabo— rebuff; brush off
ápù— sphere; globe
kwpa'— banana
bwro— yesterday morning
pi'zi— eight
muñdo— girlfriend; female lover
aíi— blood
mwbo— help (in doing some work); assist; support
swxá— an altar
atobo— father-in-law (term of reference)
jí— roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round
axa-ayá— burning sensation
embiñ— uncooked, husked rice
taku' kuli— cucumber seeds
hoó— spacious; roomy; capacious
xaaruñ agyañ— altars for the xaruñ god
laqe— hundred
mwpyò— easy (to do); good to do
jifá— coarse silk
doza'— sunny day; cloudless day
kurmu— grasshopper
tapvr— terrible (to hear)
qur— move something heavy using lever
rui— ear wax
papù afò— egg white
acáa— put up; erect
cañci'-doci— nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)
mwpu'— cover
pofañ— plateau; a plain area at a height
page— write; mark
ko'ro'— traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered
kaju— yes; okay
lorw'— joint
henw-myanw— relatives; kindred; kith and kin
ti'ho— make a mark
kakiñ— show; display; exhibit
ko'— pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force
padw' hamañ— a variety of vegetable
co'myo'— slowly; silently; stealthily
tabu— snake
lwwpi— shoulder blade
rwko— tortoise
mwce— trough cleaner
bár— charge interest
piñ— pinch; grasp; tweak; nip
misiñ— machine
kamo— darkness
kadvr— recognize properly; look properly; identify
kooxe' alló— ilium bone
mopla— muffler
mwja'— tear something by handing it
afi' asi'— cage for pig
dwru— tasteless; unpleasant to eat
mu'go— outlet in a paddy field
i'ce— a night's interval
haaya pi'— starve
pazi'— small broken pieces of rice
paaka'— plate

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