Apatani Dictionaryn. child; baby; infant. Anyo iinga ako butiiku. Anyo has given birth to a baby. ii’nga- milobo n. son. ii’nga-nyimii n. daughter. ii’nga gii vcn. to be pregnant; to bear a child. ii’nga giinii 1. n. one who is pregnant (unspecified). 2. ncl. pregnant.
n. (Bot.) Aconite (Aconitum ferox), a variety of poison collected from the tuber of a high-altitude herbaceous flowering plant. Encycl: the tuber is made into a paste an applied on arrow tips .
adj. hot, of food; spicy. iidiija adj. hottest; most spicy. iidiiya adj. hotter; more spicy.
n. (Zool.) Ant Lion; Doodlebug .
See: adan.
adj. long. Lapo iibyo. A long arm. iibyoja adj. longest. iibyoya adj. longer.
See: ipyo.
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.
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. (Bot.) Ratalu or Purple Yam (Dioscorea alata), a yam species bearing a big and fibrous tuber. Syn: i’ngyin tapyo; i’ngyin piiri.