Yamphu dictionary : Query result

Entry: ĩhĩʔ

Stem: <ĩ:hiʔ>

Grammar: interj.

Meaning: uh-huh, yeah, yes.

Nepali: ã

Entry: ijoŋa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: beer offered to the ancestors

Comments: ijoŋä riŋma flask for sacrificial beer.

Entry: ijra

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Nepali trousers.

Nepali: suruvāl

Entry: ik

Grammar: n.

Meaning: land partially prepared for cultivation, i.e. land which has been subjected to slash-and-burn and which is to be cultivated shortly.

Nepali: lohase

Entry: ikkheʔ

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: once, one time.

Nepali: < khep

Entry: ikko

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: 574

Grammar: num.

Meaning: a) one b) a

Comments: a) ikko ka:.ghä:.tt.ä läz. (one cry.PROC.PF.FCT NW) It had struck one. b) is used as an indefinite article in much the same way as Nepali euṭā but is never joined to the numeral quantifier for humans <-paŋ>; ikko damai.däm.beʔ yu:s.a.j.iŋ. (one damāī.POS.LOC descend.PT.DU.EXPS) We descended to the house of a tailor. ikkweʔ ergative/instrumental form, alone, on one's own, by oneself.

Nepali: ek, euṭā

Entry: ikma

Stem: <ig- ; ik->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: to kick.

Nepali: khuṭṭāle hānnu

Entry: ima

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <-id- ; -i->

Grammar: v.intr.aux.

Meaning: to be bad, to be unpleasant

Comments: namjaʔima to smell bad.

Entry: imakna

Grammar: pron. indef.

Meaning: (when one can't remember the right word) what's-it-called, what was it, thingummy

Comments: cf. imaŋdeʔna.

Entry: imaŋ

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <ima ; iman->

Grammar: interrog.

Meaning: 1a) what b) whatever, anything 2a) some, a small, undefined quantity b) what-not, anything

Comments: 1a) imaŋ.de lä:ʔ.m.ä? (what.ISF do.INF.FCT) What shall we do?/What to do? b) imaŋ.so mäy.yaŋ.ʔuʔ.itt.u.ŋ.m.ä. (what.too NEG.carry.bring_down.PF.о3.EXAG.12NS.FCT) We hadn't brought down anything. 2a) halonda imaŋ häg.a.mi. (hallū?o what cut.PT.3PL) They cut some ploughing belts. surti ima uks.iŋ.ma. (surtī what drink.EXPS.12NS) We smoked some tobacco. b) imaŋ na:si lis.än.na. (what nāsi become.FCT.PSB) Anything might have been destroyed.

Nepali: ke

Entry: imaŋdeʔna

Grammar: pron. indef.

Meaning: (when one can't think of the right word) what's-it-called, thingummy.

Entry: imla:sitte

Grammar: interrog.

Meaning: what for?, in order to get what?

Entry: imlä:ʔmände

Grammar: interrog.

Meaning: what for?, in order to do what?

Entry: imma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sleep, sleepiness

Comments: imma lu:ma. to be sleepy.

Nepali: nidra

Entry: imma I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <in-/iss- ; in->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: (of clothes or ornaments) 1) v.intr. to come off, to be taken off; 2) v.intr. & v.tr. to take off, to put off.

Nepali: phukālnu

Entry: imma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <in-/iss- ; in->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to buy, to purchase.

Nepali: kinnu

Entry: imma III

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <ips- ; im->

Grammar: v.intr.

Meaning: to sleep

Comments: im.dhiks.e (sleep.continue.IMP) Carry on sleeping. im.dik.khä:.tta (sleep.numbed.PROC.PF) He's fallen asleep. im.ja.ghäʔ.m.ä (sleep.eat.PROC.INF.FCT) Let's go to bed/Let's go and lie down.

Nepali: sutnu, nidāunu

Entry: immasi:ʔwa

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: while asleep

Comments: immasi:ʔwa ka:ma to talk in your sleep. immasi:ʔwa ramma to sleepwalk.

Entry: indhobhane

Grammar: conj.

Meaning: for that reason.

Nepali: kinabhane

Entry: indhoŋde

Grammar: interrog.

Meaning: why, because of what.

Nepali: kina