kha   vt-r. to split.

kha   vt-r. to scrape; to abrade.

-kha [xa]   vsuff. fail. Gramm: result suffix indicating that the subject's attempt to carry out the action denoted by the verb ends in failure. Kano ngiika armyan mi kekhabiine. Kano wrote my name wrongly. Mo ngiimi tukhabiine. He miskicked me/He failed to hit me. Ngo ngiihi mi lakhato. I could not catch hold of the fish.

-kha [´xa]   vsuff. finish off. Gramm: result suffix indicating full completion of the action indicated by the verb, in such a way that nothing is left. Aki paku mi diikhabiine. The dog has eaten up all the rice on the plate until the very last bite. Aki, paku daka apin mi, diikhapabiine. The dog completely finished off the rice on the plate.

khabin   vt. (of a plural subject) to scrape  together in a  joint manner.

khache   vt. to split; to cut or separate into two parts (using any tool). khachehe n. half (of what is split).

khachi   See: bade.

khaja-khaya   vt. to split something completely.

-khan [xã]   class. ten place, in counting multiples of ten; for multiples of two, three, seven, eight and nine.  Gramm: root form, used for combining with numeral roots to form multiples of ten when counting. nyikhan n:num. twenty. hinkhan n:num. thirty kanukhan n:num. seventy. pinyi khan n:num. eighty. koakhan n:num. ninety.

khan   vt-r. 1. to narrate; 2. (slightly derogatory) to gossip; to chitchat; to natter; to chat. Nyimii atan si khansiilado. These ladies are gossiping. Syn: khansu.

-khan   vsuff. puposefully for someone. Gramm: benefactive suffix indicating that the action denoted by the verb is brought about purposefully for someone. Ngo Tamo pa yo byakhanpato la doye. I roasted some meat especially for Tamo.

khan'a [´xãa:]   vi. to kneel down; to get down on one knee. Prayer pa liiban ho khan'ato. Kneel down for the prayer!

khanchu   n. lidded cane basket for storing rice in the house. Syn: embin khanchu. Khanchu puye/puhe. One *khanchu basket.

khanga    1. v. to talk too much. 2. adj. (of a person) talkative; babblermouth; one who indulges in petty talk; gossip; chatter-box.

khange-lyange   n. (Zool.) Nepa, Water Scorpion or Scorpion Bug, an aquatic hemipterous insect living in streams and paddy fields. Var: khanhe-yanhe. Usage: Hija .

khan-ha   v. to come in to gossip.

khanju   n. 1. (derogatory) way of gossiping or chitchatting. 2. (esp. of *hiirii and *miji) way of reciting or chanting.

khanju   vt. to bend the knee forward. Niika liiban mi khanjugiito. Bend your knee forward!

khanka   vt. to talk; to discuss. Akha atan si miji-migun khankasiilado. Elders are discussing *miji-migun.

khanko   vt. to disclose; to narrate. khanko-khankha vt. to disclose something by telling, narrating or gossiping. Party ka secret mi Nyime khanko-khankha patii. Nyime disclosed all the secrets of the Party. Syn: luko-lukha.

khanko   n. place for gossiping.

khankha   adj. perspicacious.

khankhan   vi. to be firm. khankhan diiran adv. firmly.

khankhanii   n. perspicacity.
 

khanniin   n. narration; chat; gossip. hiirii khanniin n. *hiirii chanting (a traditional dance by a chain of male members which takes place at the house of the performer of a *murun, involving stamping of feet and refrain chorus).

khansu   v. to gossip.

khapa   vt. to scrape something out; to scrape off something. Bije daka kacho mi khapato. Scrape off the dirt on that bamboo!

khapo   n. uppermost shelf of a *dareke, used for storing dried meat, *tapyo, pine splits for torch and salt container. Usage: Bulla. Var: gyai. Usage: Hija.

khapu   vt. to scrape; to peel. Potato ka alyo mi khaputo. Peel the potato! Alyi ka alyo mi pululyiyepa khaputo. Scrape the  skin of pig until it becomes white/fair!

khari   vt. to start gossiping/talking about something. Tani filmstars ka lifestyle mi kharidalyi kiili. Tani again started gossiping/talking about the lifestyle of filmstars.

 

kharun   name name of a benevolent deity. kharun agyan n. altar erected to propitiate *kharun. kharun arpii n. binding element of *kharun agyan. kharun byodin n. element of *kharun agyan. kharun byokhu n. element of *kharun agyan. kharun giilo n. element of *kharun agyan. kharun sokhan n. element of *kharun agyan.

khata   adj. dirty. Syn: khata riidu. Usage: Bulla; khata riidii. Usage: Hari. khata-ruju; mubu-ruju. Lemba akha atan hii lakhii piilo ho khata-ruju dunyadu. Village elders live  in [more] dirty conditions during the winter season.

khe   vi-r. to cry; to weep. Mo anyi niimpa yu khedo nii? Why are they (two) crying? Mo uye kiibiine nii nyan hime si khegiido nii. He/she gave a blow so the child is crying.

khe   vt-r. to fry something (using a frying pan). See: khen.

khe   vt-r. to distribute. Siika kheta simi students atan mi kheto. Distribute these books among the students!

khe   vt-r.  to winnow. Sunku embin khejalado. Sunku is winnowing rice.

khe    vi-r. to suffice; to be sufficient, enough or adequate. Niiko tiiko khesiido ha? Do you have enough money? Bije donii si narun miinii-nanii pa khekenma ke, bije iche melii-mehato. The bamboo lying here is not sufficient for erecting fence, manage some more (by searching around). Niit hapa ho! khekendo ke. So much! It's enough.

 

khe    vt-r. to undress; to take off one's clothing.  

 

khe    vt-r. to force someone or something.

 

-khe   vsuff.  forcefully. Gramm: manner suffix indicating that the subject acts in an energetic or forceful manner, or struggles to perform the action denoted by the verb. Miikhe. To put forth one's best effort to do something (despite the difficulties). Etym: from *khe, 'to force someone or something'.

 

-khe   vsuff.  cry. Gramm: result suffix indicating that someone is made to cry as a result of the action indicated by the verb.

 

-khe   suff.  purple; violet (colour). Gramm: adjective root suffixing certain noun roots. Pyakhe. Reddish, early-ripening variety of rice. Sankhe page. Variety of dark blue, slightly translucent glass bead. Jinkhe-jilyin. Wild Karanda (Carissa spinarum), a variety of thorny shrub bearing small fruits of hyacint blue colour.

-khe   See: -khii.

khebi   vt. to distribute something on someone else's behalf/for someone.

khebi   vt. to fry for someone.

khebi   vt. to winnow on someone else's behalf/for someone.

khebo   vt. to distribute along with others.

khebo   vt. to cry along with others.

kheja    vt. to tear one's cloth while undressing.

kheka   See: khiika.

khelii   vt. to dress up; to get dressed; to put on cloth. Tarii kheliigiito. Put a shirt on!

 

khelii   vt. to force someone or something in. Tana mi medical college join miidopa moka anii-aba hii kheliibiine. Tana's parents forced her to join a medical college.

khelii   vt. to accuse; to blame; to charge with a crime. Usage: Hija. Var: khiilii. Usage: Bulla.

khelo   vt. to demarcate, esp. by putting/laying something on the ground.

kheloniin   n. ritual celebrated on the fifteenth day of *Myoko, by which all male clan members demarcate their household properties and ritual structures with pieces of split bamboo sticks all around.  Encycl: on that day a ritual is performed for clan members who have kept in common the lower jaws (*so) of the slaughtered pigs . After the ritual those  pieces are taken back to their respective owner's homes and deposited in the sacred corner of the house (*dokho achan). Var: khelonii.

 

khempi   vt.  to dry something by heating it.

 

khen   vt-r.  to fry something by heating only, without a direct contact to the flame. Tanyi mi khento. Fry the maize! (i.e. in front of the fire with its heat alone). See: khe.

khen   vt-r. 1.   to cut a standing bamboo, trunk, log, etc. with a blade by giving a blow almost parallel to it (as opposed to *po). See: po. 2. to cut bamboo massively in a grove, esp.  as an act of revenge.

khen   vt-r.  to toil; to labour (esp. hard labour); to work (esp. hard work). Kanno uropa khendo. Kanno is working hard. Syn: apo khen. Construction labourers atan si achi apo khennyado. Construction labourers are working/toiling very hard.

khengii   vi. to sob; to weep aloud compulsively with short, gasping breaths.

khengu   vt.  to heat or warm something.

khenii   n. one who cries; crying person (unspecified). Hime khenii. A crying baby.

kheniin   n. cry. siima kheniin n. funeral chant, usually performed by a woman.

kheniin   n. distribution. amin-ahi kheniin n. distribution of prizes. yo kheniin n. meat distribution, esp. during a *murun.

kheniin   n. frying.

khenji   n. (Anat.) temples (sides of the head). Usage: Hija. Var: khenyi. Usage: Bulla.  khenji amu n. (Anat.) sideburns. Usage: Hija. Var: khenyi amu. Usage: Bulla.

khenniin   n. (hard) labour. Syn: apo kheniin. Tanii aji hoka  apo khenniin  kanepa ngunu town daka miyu atan hii khenchilakenma. We the people from cities can't work as hard as Apatani farmers do.

khenniin   n. frying by heating (esp. by fire, without direct contact to the flame).

khentii paku   n. (Zool.) Ashy Wood-Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) .

khenyi   See: khenji.

khepa   vt. to undress; to take off one's clothing.

khepa   vt. to winnow.

kheta   n. book. From: Hindi 'kitab', Assamese 'kitap'. Siika kheta atan si niikii. These books are yours. Kheta-taye. One book.

kheta   n. mark left by tears which have run down one's face after drying up.

kheta   vt. to distribute something along with, or in addition to something else. Principal books agin ho sweet khetanyange la lune. Principal told to distribute sweets along with books.

kheyi  n. (Bot.) Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum), a small evergreen tree cultivated for its bark, which yields cinnamon. kheyi  alyo n. Cinnamom bark . Var: kei; kehi.

 

khërë [´xərə]  n. (Zool.) mole. Usage: Hija. Syn: siipe.

khii [xi]   n:num.  six.

 

-khii [xi]   num-r.  six. Gramm: numeral root used for combining with classifiers to indicate six specimens of a collection of objects. Used in counting only (as in one, two, three...), without reference to a particular object. 

khii [´xi:]   vt-r. 1. to count; to enumerate. 2. vt-r. to cost; to be worth. Simi ne khiidu? How much does it cost? 3. vi. to count (as). Ziro mi Arunachal Pradesh hoka kapyoja ganda ako pa khiidu.  Ziro counts as one of the most beautiful places in Arunachal Pradesh. 4. adj. costly; expensive. Usage: Hari, Hija, Bulla. Ant: khiima. khiiya adj. costlier; more expensive. khiija adj. costliest; most expensive.

khii   vt-r. to cook solid food by boiling (as opposed to *char). Hayalyi hoka pila khiibinii, ngiika ane. It's my mother who cooks *pila (for me) when I'm hungry. Apin khiihe. Go and cook rice! See: char.

khii   vt-r. to pound with a spoon, stick or pestle into a hole, etc.

khii   vt-r. to treat with respect; to esteem; to honour. Ziro daka Police officer mi miyu atan achi khiibiinyado. People are treating Ziro police officers with respect.

khii   vt-r. to make a rope by twisting cane.  Taser yaso hokii subu sha khiidu. Ropes for tiying mithuns are made from *taser cane.

khii   vt-r. to insert; to tuck in. See: khiilii.

khii   vi-r. to slide while in a sitting position.

-khii   vsuff.  killed. Gramm: result suffix indicating that the action denoted by the verb results in the killing of the object. Often used in a figurative sense to express the idea that the speaker's desire to perform the action indicated by the verb has been suppressed or 'killed'. Henkhii. To have no more desire to repeat something after having had a bad experience.

khiibe   n:qual. other. Gramm: qualifying noun preceding another noun with the overal sense 'other N'. Niika khiibe ajin atan hii nii la ludo? What do your other friends say?

khiibi   vt. to cook for someone. Myoko hoka kaji khiibibo hii, ngiika ane. It's my mother who cooks *kaji for me during Myoko.

khiibo ajin n. ceremonial friend. khiibo gyoniin n. invitation of *khiibo ajin through a procession on the second night of *Myoko. khiibo innii n. procession led by the priest (*byai mibya) on the second night of Myoko.

khiibo larin   n. (Zool.) millipede. Usage: Bulla. Var: karbo lalin. Usage: Hija.

khiibo   vt. to slide across (while in a sitting position). Iche ako ya seat so khiibohe. (Please) slide to the next/other seat!

khiiche   vt. to divide up or split (by counting).

khiiche   vt. break/split something by sliding over it.

khiichehe   n. half (of what is counted).

khiida   vt. to count correctly. Ant: khiimur.

khiidin   vt. to add.  Syn: khiidin-khiipya.

khiidinniin   n.  adding; addition. 

khiiga   1.  vt. to cost too much. Si pa koda khiigahajabiido. For it, the cost is too high. Shopping mall ho item atan mi ano khiigabiido. Items are costlier in shopping malls. 2. adj. overpriced. Miyu khiiga. A person who offers for sale at too high a price.

khiiga   1. vt. to count or calculate fast. Tara ano khiigado. Tara counts/calculates fast. 2. adj. very fast counting/calculating. Miyu khiiga. A person who counts or calculates very fast.

khiiga   vt. to cook a lot; to cook too much. Tara-lu ka ude ho ano yo khiigadu. There is always some meat being cooked in Tara's home.

khiigii   1. vt. to tie hair into a bun or knot. 2. adj. (of hair) ruffled. See: ngagii.

khiigu   vt. to boil/cook/warm something again after it has cooled.

kiihe/-khiihe    num-r. six. Gramm: numeral root following nouns, or used for combining with classifiers to indicate six specimens of a particular collection of objects. Var: khiiye; khiie; -khe.  Subu khiihe. Six mithuns.  alyan khiihe n:num. sixty.

 

khiija   vt. to complete counting.

khiija   vt. to complete cooking. Yo mulanru mi khiijato.  Finish cooking of all the meat!

khiijan   n.  (Anat.) small intestine. khiijan-khiiro n. (Anat.) intestines; bowels, in general. khiijan panii n. variety of dish consisting of pork intestines steam-cooked in a bamboo piece. khiijan pike n. intestine *pike, mostly using small intestine of  cow, mithun and pig.

khiiju   n. cooking way; cooking procedure. Tanii pike khiiju. Way of cooking Tanii *pike.

khiiju   n. usual price/value; casual rate. Syn: dumin khiiju.

khiika   vt. to count as a trial. Var: kheka. Usage: Bulla. Syn: khiika-paka. Paro rone na danii  la khiikato. (Try to) count the number of hens !

khiika   vt. to cook, as a trial or to see what happens. Sunka pike khiikado. Sunka is trying to cook *pike.

khiika   vt. to pound as a trial (with spoon, stick or pestle into a hole, etc.). Apin piichan mi punyu lo oye khiikato.  Pound once in the rice pot with your  spoon!

khiikaniin   n. counting.

khiikaniin   n. cooking trial/try.

khiike la   vcn. to bind loosely in a circular motion.

khiikha   vt. to count incorrectly; to miscalculate.

khiiko   vt.  to unbolt.  

khiikha   vt. to cook something the wrong way. Dinsung pike khiikhabiido. Dinsung cooked *pike the wrong way.

khiikhe   n.  (Anat.) side part of the belly; area of the body located above the hip.

khiikhii diirii   adj.  scared.

khiikhu-khiiche   vt. 1. to discriminate; to distinguish. 2. to count the major part of something.

khiikun-khiipa   vt. to tot; to sum up; to total.

khiilan   vt.  (Zool.) variety of red-brownish squirrel. Etym: from *takhii, 'squirrel', *lanchan, 'red'. Syn: santu khiilan.

khiilii   vt.  1. to insert; to put in.  Siika ubu so yakho khoye khiiliito. Insert a stick in this hole! 2. to include; to add; to supplement; to append. khiilii-khiikha vt. to insert something the wrong way or position. Yakho mi khiilii-khiikhabiido. The stick has been inserted the wrong way (or in the wrong position/at a wrong position).

khiilii   vt. to accuse; to blame; to charge with a crime. Usage: Bulla. Var: khelii. Usage: Hija.

khiilu-khiile   vt. to count in a confused or confusing manner.

khiilyo   vi. to be crouched in a squatting position as a beggar.

khiima    1. vt. to not be worth. 2. adj. cheap; inexpensive. khiima hama vt. 1. to look down with contempt or dislike; to scorn; to denigrate; to discredit. 2. to not give a damn about something.

 

khiimur    vt. to count something wrongly. Ant: khiida.

 

-khiin   vsuff. overdone. result suffix indicating that something is worn out or worn down as a result of multiple iterations of the same activity indicated by the verb. Pakhiin. To blunt the edge of a blade by repeated striking.

khiinii   n. (Anat.) 1. navel; belly button. 2. umbilical cord.

khiinii   adj. (in a nominal/relative phrase or clause) costly; valuable.

khiinii miru n.  unetched, spherical black and white banded agathe, a popular bead worn esp.  on *santer tasan. Encycl: commonly known as Sulemani agathe or Solomon agathe, this variety of stone is widespread as necklace ornament in the Himalayan region .

khiiniin   1. n. cost; value; price.  Siika shoe si ne khiiniin na? What is the price of these shoes? 2. adj. expensive; costly. Mumbai hoka bostu riiniin-paniin hii ano khiiniindo. Purchasing goods in Mumbai is very expensive. 3. eminent; distinguished; renowned; famous; illustrious; esteemed; precious; prominent; important; notable; high-ranking. khiiniinja adj. costliest; most expensive. Gold si khiiniinjaku metal.  Gold  is the costliest metal. Var: kiniinja. Usage: Bulla. khiiniinjapa adv. most costly. Var: kiniinjapa. Usage: Bulla. Ngunuka Ziro ganda mi supun ho kiniinjapa busa. Let us make of our Ziro a most valuable place. khiininpa adv. costly; expensively. khiiniinya adj. costlier; more expensive.

khiiniin   n. cooking (by boiling). O khiiniin. Rice/millet beer brewing.

khiiniin   n. making of rope by twisting cane. saha khiiniin n. making of cane rope for tiying mithuns.

khiinyo   v. to practice counting.

khiinyoniin   n. counting practice; counting training.

khiipa   vt. to deduct (in a counting); to subtract; to take away.

khiipa   vt.  to have or express an unfavorable opinion; to condemn; to reprobate. Syn: khiipa-khiiya; nyapa; lupa.

khiipa   vt.  to cook till dry.

khiipa   vt.  to criticize; to condemn.

khiipo   n.  (Anat.) waist. khiipo biyan n. (esp. of female) girdle. Syn: biyan.

khiira   vt.  to pay beforehand to the owner of a thing, though the deal ends only when the dealer is finally paid his commission.

khiiro   n.  (Anat.) large intestine.

khiitin   vt. to compare.

khiitin   vt. to bolt.

khiitii   n. bulging of stomach.

khiiye   See: khiihe.

kho   vt-r. 1. to stir/move something with a stick or any similar device; to dig a hole by using a digging stick (*damu dankho) or some similar device. 2. to move (boat) with a paddle; to row; to paddle. 3. Etym: from *yakho, 'stick'.

kho   vi-r. 1. (by cock; rooster) to crow. 2. (by frog) to caw.

-kho   vsuff. waste; ruin. Gramm: result suffix indicating that something is wasted, or that the value of something is reduced as a result of the action denoted by the verb.

 

khode-nanii   n. ritual element of sacrificial altars. 

khodii ripe   n. variety of *maji (Tibetan bell). See: maji.

khohe   n:num.  one stick. Gramm: used when counting a particular object. When enumerating, as in school, *khokun is used in place of *khohe. Var: khoye.

khohii-khokhe   adj. to stir/move something to and from with a stick or any similar device.

khoko-khope   adj. unorganised or disorganized; messy; mixed; disorderly.

 

khokun   n. one stick. Gramm: when enumerating only, i.e. without reference to a particular object. Otherwise *khohe/*khoye is used in place of *khokun. See: khohe; khoye.

kholi   See: diiri kholi. 

 

kholo   vt-r. to dig downward (with a digging stick or some similar device). Lenda miidu pa la putu mi khololado. In order to make a road they are digging/cutting down the soil of the hill.

khomu   n. ritual element of sacrificial altars made of bamboo split in which an egg shell is inserted. danyi khomu n. *khomu ornamenting *danyi agyan. aji agyan khomu n. *khomu ornamenting *aji agyan.

khomyu   n. (esp. of a stick, etc.) tapering end.

khonchan   n. corner of a space, esp. of a building or room. Syn: ude khonchan.

khondan   n. front or back wall of the house. Usage: Bamin-michi. Syn: pindan. Usage: Hija. byago khondan n. front wall separating the front veranda  from the house; façade wall. Syn: byago pindan. Usage: Hija. uko khondan n. back wall separating the rear veranda from the house. Syn: uko pindan. Usage: Hija. Ant: byago khondan.

 

khone   pron. (of sticks) how many. Gramm: interrogative pronoun.

khonii   n. 1. (by cock; rooster) crowing; crow. 2. (by frog) cawing; caw. paro ronge khonii n. first crow of the the rooster (before dawn). paro ronye khonii n. second crow of the rooster before sunrise.

khonju   n. ritual element of sacrificial altars.   

khonkhun   n. (Zool.) falcon; eagle; hawk. Generic term including various species of birds of prey such as Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes), Eurasian hobby (Falco sunbbuteo), among others.

khonye   n:num. (of sticks) two. May also have the sense 'a few sticks of'. No rengiisiidudo, hojalo yasan khonyehe tatoran. You must be feeling tired, still cut/split some firewood!

khonyo   adj. (of a stick) small. Ant: khoro.

khoro   adj. (of a stick) big. Ant: khonyo.

khosa   n:qual. (of two or more sticks) distinct; different. Gramm: post-nominal qualifying noun. Etym: from*yakho, 'stick''

khotu   n. traditional hair metal skewer for males.

khoye   See: khohe.

khu   vt-r. to measure.

khu   vt-r. to cut legs or ears of killed animals; to dismember. Alyi ali simi khuto. Cut the legs of this pig!

khu   adj. 1. (of a non-living thing) old. Siika tasan si ano khu. These beads are very old. Siika tarii si khuku la byadoku. This shirt is old and worn out. Ngunuka ude khu simi pyapakendoku. We have to remove/destroy our old house. Khu embo nyi mi niti embo nyi mi tadinsiito. Mix the old rice with new rice together into a single heap! 2. stale, as of meat (esp. bacon); gone rotten. Yo khudoku. The meat is stale. Ant: niti; lela.

-khu   vsuff. separated. Gramm: result suffix indicating that two or more things are separated from each other as a result of the action identified by the verb.

-khu   vsuff. remainder. Gramm: nominalizer. Derives a noun describing a remaining portion that is separated, or discarded from a whole through the action indicated by the verb. Usually implies that the action identified by the verb is carried out almost fully or completely, leaving no significant remainder. Ngo diikhu mi diitema. I won't eat the leftovers.

 

-khu...-che   vt. major part/portion. Gramm: temporal suffix indicating completion of the greater part of the action denoted by the verb. 

khugyu   n. funnel-shaped bamboo or cane matting for distilling beer or *pila. Syn: pila khugyu.

khupyo   adj. easy/pleasant to cut (in reference to legs or ears of killed animals). Ant: khuru.

khuru   adj.difficult to cut (in reference to legs or ears of killed animals) . Ant: khupyo.

khuyi   adj. sour; having an acid taste. khuyi haman See: o khuyi haman.

khuyinii   n. sourness; acidity.