Balti-English / English-Balti Dictionary

R. K. Sprigg

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780700713806
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136845246
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This book is based on the Khapalu and Skardu dialects of Balti, a member of the Tibeto-Burman family, spoken in Baltistan. The work is distinguished by its phonetic acuity, particularly important in the case of Balti, whose importance to the Tibeto-Burman and Sino-Tibetan comparatists is its close phonetic relationship to the Tibetan script. This book will undoubtedly become a standard work for the linguistics of the Tibetan language family in general.

Balti–English Dictionary

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a- pre plural prefix equivalent to -(e)s, -en [U. a-, fm A.]

a-hadiis s traditions (sayings of Mohammed and his companions)

à-co-ong; see sku-ndun [T. a-]

à-mo s (pron. -ngo) mother (M. 155)

à-mo chok-o s phr maternal aunt (elder)

à-mo tshar-ma s phr maternal aunt (elder)

à-mo tshun-tse s phr maternal aunt (younger)

a-pi s grandmother (M. 155)

a-pi sa-rdung-mo s phr fabulous old woman who beats the earth, thumping sound heard unaccountably in old basements

a-po s old man, grandfather (M. 156)

a-po mes-po-ong s phr (pron. -po-ng) ancestors (distant)

à-she s sister, elder sister (general salutation for women) (M. 156)

a-tse s father’s younger brother

a-yo (S.) s mother

(See ma ske-s-pa-i à-mo, tra-mo a-pi)

-a v suf [T. -nga, etc.]; see (àya) ong-à

-a; see -pa (II) v suf (inf); e.g. bap-pa (pron. baba), sdam-pa (pron. zdama), thu-pa (pron. thwaa), go-pa (pron. gwaa), bri-pa (pron. bryaa), bzhe-pa (pron. bzhaa), bde-pa (pron. vdyaa), bya-pa (pron. byaa)

-a v suf (inter); e.g. in-a ma-in (pron. men) ‘is it or not?’ gonde char-pa tang-s-a (pron. (S.) -fa) ‘did it rain yesterday?’ nga ong-a ‘may I come in?’ kho dose go-a (pron. gwaa) ‘may he go now?’

-a s suf; see -ba (I)

-a s suf [T. -ba]; see chun-a, gser-a, lang-a, lsang-a, nar-a, snang-a, su-a, xar-a, xuda-wand-a

a-lta s (pron. alta) now, just now, at once

a-lta rang s phr just now, at present

a-lta-i s and suf (pron. altii) the present

ayap-ci s phr a long time, quite a while

a-tang chat s and v be extremely tired, tired out, exhausted

a-til s twisting, or rolling up, on stretched fingers

a-til bya s and v twist and roll up on thumb and finger, wind up (a line) on stretched fingers

a-wa s over there [T. (Lad., Kham) ‘that’]

a-wa-r-i s and suf of there

a-wa-re s and suf round about, somewhere

aab- [U. ‘water’, fm P.]

aab-gosh s meat soup

aab-i gosht s phr meat soup

aab-i hayaat s phr Water of Life

aab-i zamzam s phr holy water (of Mecca)

aab-o hàwaa s phr climate

aab-xor s metal tumbler

aabaad bya s and v settle, people, populate [U. fm P.]

aadam s Adam [U. fm A.]

aadam-zaad s mankind [U.]

aadat s habit [U. ‘aadat fm A.]

aafariin s bravo, well done [U. aaf(i)riin ‘applause’, fm P.]

àaftàaba s ewer (for ablutions only) [U. aaftaabah fm P. = aab-taabah]

àainà s looking glass [U. aa’iinah fm P.]

aaio int alas!

aalam s world [U. ‘aalam fm A.]

aalim s scholar (of religion) [U. ‘aalim fm A.]

aam s mango [U.]

aam s common, general, vulgar [U. ‘aamm fm A.]

àamìin int amen [U. fm A.]

-aaT; see ghu-aaT

ab-tsa s (pron. -bts-\-pts-) later on (during the same day), presently [U. ab ‘now’]

ab-tsa-re s and suf later (the same day)

aba (I) s (archaic, used in legends) (i) father; (ii) doctor (Baltistan) [U. abbaa ‘father’, ‘superior’ (A. ab)]

aba (II) s gown (of a maulvi) [U. ‘abaa ‘woollen cloak or habit worn by dervishes or faqirs’, fm A.]

àbbasì adj red, darkish red [U. ‘abbaasii ‘of the colour of the flower Marvel of Peru’, ‘red’, fm. P]

ablaq piebald [U. fm A.]

adaaf s better (after illness), relief (of pain)

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Map of Baltistan
• Introduction
• Balti-English Dictionary
• English-Balti Dictionary