Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: dhyǝknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a dhyǝkt/dhyǝk-dhyǝkh/dhyǝk

Meaning: plug up (e.g. one's ears, a hole), seal off

Nepali: bujyāunu

Derivation: [dir. < dhyǝknɨ 'get plugged up']

Comments: cf. sa:tnɨ.

Entry: Dibudam

Grammar: n. [< -dam 'prayer ritual']

Meaning: ritual'] three-day ceremony which constitutes the third festival in the four-year festival cycle of the Na:ghɨ

Comments: cf. Moʔo, Na:ghɨ, nɨ wa:tnsinɨ, nukhil dhyǝknɨ, Ti:dam, Tsi:dam, Tsomdam.

Entry: dibusɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Castanopsis hystrix

Derivation: [< sɨ 'wood']

Comments: ṭhulo kaṭus; cf. isilimbhu, pi:sibhu.

Entry: Dikmi:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the most numerous Dumi clan in the Mākpā area

Derivation: [< -mi: 'man']

Comments: cf. Dikpa, sa:me.

Entry: Dikpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: clan name in Mākpā, same as Dikmi:.

Entry: dilipopo

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: nocturnal forest eagle-owl Bubo nipalensis

Nepali: lāṭo-kosero, lāṭ-kaserā.

Entry: din

Grammar: n.

Meaning: day.

Derivation: [< Nep. din ]

Entry: Di:bumi

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: 1) the hunting goddess, the goddess of the hunt, a communal ancestor goddess who must be worshipped by the men of the clan by sacrificing a chicken to it faraway on a cliff in the jungle because the hunt used once to be the sole source of food of the Dumi ancestors and, if the goddess of the hunt be neglected, she may afflict the menfolk with illness; 2) hunter, archer; 3) the hunt; prey, game.

Derivation: [-mi fem.sf.]

Entry: di:r

Grammar: n.

Meaning: pleasure, pleasingness

Nepali: man.

Derivation: [< de:rnɨ vt-3 'suit someone' (Nep. suhāunu )]

Comments: cf. lɨnɨ vi-4 (2d)

Entry: dɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: hole, cavity, pit.

Entry: dɨʔ́dambhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Ficus roxburghii

Nepali: nibhāro

Derivation: [-bhu 'tree']

Comments: cf. waysibhu.

Entry: dɨdhɨkwam

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: nipples (human)

Derivation: [< Nep. dudh 'milk']

Comments: cf. nimpho. In STEDT 209 compared with Meithei khom 'breast', Mikir kúm-bú id. < *kom 'breast, milk'.

Entry: dɨkhɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: chin

Comments: cf. da:li.

Entry: dɨkhɨmsǝm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: beard

Nepali: dāhrī

Derivation: [dɨkhɨm 'chin' + sǝm 'body hair']

Comments: cf. da:li, da:lisǝm.

Entry: dɨlǝ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small hole, cleft, opening

Nepali: chẽḍ, chĩḍ.

Derivation: [< dɨ 'hole']

Entry: dɨlidɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: progenitress.

Entry: Dɨmatsu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Dumi family name of the Bɨ́rösmi: clan

Comments: cf. supeʔ.

Entry: dɨmnɨ

Grammar: vi-1 dɨm

Meaning: meet, run into each other

Nepali: milnu.

Entry: dɨmnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 dɨm

Meaning: blow (e.g. mi 'a fire')

Nepali: phuknu.

Entry: dɨmnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 dɨm

Meaning: meet, run into

Nepali: bheṭnu.