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

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

vt. to know how to speak/say something. Ant: luchinma. Ngo Tanii luchinma ke. I don’t speak Apatani. Ngo Tanii abu luchinmasu. I don’t know much Apatani.

vt. 1. to be confused by what one sees. 2. to see something wrongly; to see the wrong thing; to mistake something for something else. 3. to pay no attention or heed to; to ignore someone. 4. to look askance at someone. kamur-tamur vt. to be confused by what one sees and hears; to hallucinate.

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

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

part. emphatic particle. Gramm: final particle usually occurring with associated hortative suffix *-sa. Gives an emphatic sense by rendering the sentence more insistent. Apin diisa kan. Dining table si jotodo ke. Let’s have meal! It’s ready on the dining table. Ngiika dukhu-palyo mi joliimon pe kan. You got to help me carry my luggage and all.

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

vt. to cook till dry.

n. one who sees (unspecified); examiner; diviner.