Apatani Dictionary

vi-r. to condense; to become more dense or compact. Pila ala si kadoku. This rice porridge has condensed.

vt-r. to look at; to see; to watch. No niimi kadu? What are you looking at?

vsuff. way of doing something. Gramm: nominalizer forming a noun describing a manner of doing something. -ju… -myo vsuff. way of doing something. Gramm: split nominalizer deriving a noun with the basic meaning of ‘way of doing x’, x being the action indicated by the verb root which is reduplicated. Henju-hemmyo. Way of thinking; character.

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

class. classifier for ladles (*yaju) or ladlefuls. juye/jue, junye, juhinnge, jupe, ju’ngohe, jukhe, jukanuhe, jupinye, jukoahe, julyanhe. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 ladle(s)/ladleful(s). Etym: from *yaju, ‘ladle made of dried gourd’.

vt. to hack; to cut someone or something into pieces with a blade or a knife.

vi-r. (of solid, relatively hard food) to soften/become tender by cooking. Apin jedoku ke The rice has softened (by cooking).

vt. (by a spirit) to harm physically. Momi jarpinkoto la akhii achilado. He/she was harmed by a spirit and [now] he/she is having pain in the abdomen. See: arun.

n. (Med.) hysteria.

vt. to sweep (sweep out/sweep up), to broom. Mo anyi mi iipiikiinento. Let them broom. iipi-nanii n. traditional sweeping broom made from dried, tightly-clasped maize husks.