Apatani Dictionary

adj. best; the best. Kago ayajado. Kago is the best.

adj. 1. good; nice; beautiful. Ant: kacho. 2. fine; well; healthy. No siisida aya do ha? Are you fine now? 3. kind; generous; friendly. Var: ayo. Usage: Bulla. 4. tasty; delicious.

1. n. (Agr.) dud crop; plant that has failed to fruit and produce grain. infertile plant. 2. adj. failed, as of a grain or crop. Siika emo si asudo. This rice is failed/of poor quality. 3. adj. sterile, of a woman; barren; infertile. Usage: becoming obsolete. Ant: abin. 4. adj. fruitless; vain. asu-asapa adv. fruitlessly; in vain. Ngiika kiiran-ranjo hii asu-asapa ke inpane nii. My hard work went fruitless.

vt-r. to rear; to bring up by nurturing. Usage: Hija. Aki asosa. Let’s feed the dog. No nii ali-aho asodu? What crops do you grow? Var: asho.

n. length.

vi-r. (Bot.) to grow, as of an offshoot or juvenile plant; to emerge from a tree stump or a rhizome.

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.

adj. ripe.

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.

adj. hard to chew or eat; firm, as overcooked meat. Sii alyo byakhannii ano arledo. Overburn skin of cow is very hard to eat/chew.