Category: Dictionary

See: diyu.

vi. to come along with someone. No ngiika agin ho bus station ho abokindo ke. You will come with me at the bus station.

n. branch. Syn: aha-abya; aha-abyo; halo. sanii aha-abya n. tree branches. Syn: sanii aha.

n. (Anat.) hair (in general). adin amu n. (Anat.) body hair.

n. 1. handle of a cane-made basket. 2. shoulder strap of a sword sheath.

adv. only; nothing but; not something other than. So Tanii pa adin lukasiisa! Let’s speak only in Apatani here! Nunu lembo si jebi adin doto. Your road was muddy (lit. ‘your road was nothing but mud’). Siinyan ngiika aji daka emo si ensu adin do. This year, my paddy crop is of dud rice only. Syn: kontii.

vt. to hook; to hang from a hook. Syn: hage. Ngiika tarii mi inka lochi so ahato. Hang my shirt on that wall hanger.

vi. to come intentionally.

n:qual. bit; little; little bit (of). Gramm: qualifying noun following another noun and giving the basic sense ‘a bit of N’.

1. vt. to combine; to assemble; to gather. Sarse nyimi emo nyimi yagii ho alii adinsiito. Put the millet and the rice together in the basket! 2. vi. to gather; to come together; to assemble.