Apatani Dictionary

vt. to be sure of one’s ability to do something; to dare to do something.

See: senyi.

n. timber. Usage: Bulla. Var: sanje. Usage: Hija.

n. generation. Santun ronnge. One generation. santun-anyan n. age.

n. (Bot.) Mountain-Pepper (Litsea cubeba), an evergreen tree of the Lauraceae family. Etym. literally “tree pepper”. See: sanii tero .

n. variety of natural resine obtained from a jungle berry.

See: sanyi.

n. timber. Usage: Hija. Var: sanye. Usage: Bulla.

n. leaf. Var: yanii; sanii. Nyimii hii nyibo pa, sanii hii kiidi pa. Female children are for foreigners, just as tree leaves are for the soil. [Apatani proverb]

See: sadi-sapa.