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n. pigsty; boarded-up enclosures located below the pile-borne houses where pigs are kept. Encycl: pigs are not left to roam freely in Apatani villages.

n. term of address used reciprocally by two persons having the same name. For example, Mr. Koj Byai and Mr. Chiging Byai may address each other as *arme.

See: ayumapa.

part. emphatic marker. A. No mo anyi mi kaladu ha? B: Kaladu cho. A: Do you know both of them? B: Of course I do. No, VKV ho masii ha, purido nii ? Do you study in VKV school? Iin, hiila cho. Yes I do. Ngo Taser cho. I am Taser (i.e. emphasizing that I am no one else than Taser). Paro hii piita cho. Hens are birds (i.e. not any other animal). Ngo niimi luto ha cho? Did I tell you? (i.e. don’t you remember?). Ngo Tanii abu luchinmasu hojalo lukasiidu cho ah. I myself don’t know much Apatani but I try to speak, ok? A: Inka jiji coat giiniibo si Oman aba masii ha? B: Iin, hiila cho. A: Isn’t that man who is wearing a blue coat Oman’s father? B: Yes he is. Yasan do cho. Firewood is available (for sure).

n. pork.

adj. ripe.

vt. to jump across.

adj. fluent, as of a speech; articulate.

n. wind; air. Sarpu daka alyi supa hankele sarpu si sapidoku. The balloon got flattened as air was removed from it.

n. name. Niika armyan niihii la pe/Niika armyan nii la? What is your name? Ngiika armyan hii Tatu/Ngiika armyan Tatu hiila. My name is Tatu.