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n. variety of vegetable (lit. ‘snake spit’).

n. (Bot.) Ratalu or Purple Yam (Dioscorea alata), a yam species bearing a big and fibrous tuber. Syn: i’ngyin tapyo; i’ngyin piiri.

vt-r. (Agr.) to winnow, as rice paddy.

vt. to divide a paddy field. garchehe n. part/half of a paddy field.

n. (Bot.) variety of garlic (Allium sp.), possibly Chinese Chives (A. tuberosum). Usage: Hari, Bulla. Encycl: the word ‘Tale Valley’ is derived from that of this species that grows abundantly there. Var: lepi. Usage: Hong, Hija. .

n. 1. (Anat.) human excrement; stool; faeces. See: ikha. 2. vi-r. to defecate. ipa chunyi n. (Zool.) Dung Beetle. ipa tami n. (Zool.) Green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.). (Ngo) ipa satu rindo exp. I’m constipated. Etym: from *sa, ‘to expel from body/defecate’, *-tu, ‘block’.

n. uppermost paddy field of a person’s fields. (literally ‘head of the field’). Ant: garko.

n. (Bot.) Tropical Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata). Usage: Hari; Bulla; Hong. Var: epe haman. Usage: Hija .

1. n. (Zool.) the caterpillar of a variety of small moth that commonly builds its cocoon inside Apatani homes. 2. name of one particular spirit believed to induce somnambulism. Niimi ipun tarun bobii masii ha? Are you dragged away by ipun tarun? [as a common way to indicate that someone is absent-minded]. Var: ipun turun. Usage: Hari.

adj. (of a basket of the *yagii or *raju variety) big. Ant: giinyo.