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n. raw (undried) wood; standing wood.

n. generation. Usage: Hija. Var: sanpur. Usage: Bulla. Syn: miyu sapu.

n. (Agr.) watch hut in paddy field. Usage: Hija. Var: piidi piilyi. Usage: Bulla .

vt. to demolish/destroy something on someone’s behalf/for someone.

See: sadi-sapa.

vt. to criticize; to look down; to reprobate.

n. hair knot worn on the forehead of Apatani men. piidin khotu n. metal pin horizontally placed to tie a *piidin .

vt. to make a braid or plait for someone. Usage: Hija. Var: pyarbi. 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]

n. umbrella. From: Assamese ‘sati’. Syn: ase.