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vt. to ask or inquire repeatedly.

vi. to drown. Usage: Bulla. Var: phua. Usage: Hija.

1. n. topic, subject. Nii piigo mi na nunu khansunyadu nii? Tanii agun piigo masii ha? Which topic are you talking about? Isn’t it about Apatani language? 2. reason. 3. utility; use. piigo anii adj. useful. Siika si piigo anii sii ha? Will it be useful? piigo amanii n. 1. useless thing. Hii piigo amanii ke. Kupato. Throw it away! 2. (in a nominal or relative clause) useless. piigo amapa adv. in a useless or wasteful manner. Siilo alo piigo amapa lopane. Today was a waste day (lit. ‘the day passed in a wasteful manner’).

vt. to destroy something wrongly.

n. variety of natural resine obtained from a jungle berry.

n. fermented rice/millet residue leftover from the rice/millet

adj. violet, in colour.

n. (Bot.) Mountain-Pepper (Litsea cubeba), an evergreen tree of the Lauraceae family. Etym. literally “tree pepper”. See: sanii tero .

n. *pike prepared with the fermented leftover of rice/millet beer.

vt. to open. Alye pyako tola do. The door is open.