Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: niNwa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) mind, memory, remembrance; 2) desire, satisfaction, intent.

Entry: -niNwa co:kmaʔ, -co:g-/-co:k- vt.

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) desire, want; 2) get an idea, (with infinitive) get the idea to do something.

Entry: -niNwa hi:maʔ, -hi:r-/-hi:-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be convinced, change one's mind

Comments: kuniNwa hi:rɛ He's changes his mind; cf. niNwa hi:maʔ.

Entry: -niNwa hi:maʔ, -hi:s-/-hi:-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: convince someone, get someone to change his mind (eg. by repeating a mantra with concentrated effort or by more conventional means).

Derivation: [caus. < niNwa hi:maʔ change one's mind]

Entry: niNwahu:p

Grammar: n.

Meaning: power of memory, quickness of mind, intelligence.

Derivation: [niNwa mind + *hu:p strength, force]

Entry: -niNwa i:maʔ, -i:r-/-i:-

Grammar: n. + vi.

Meaning: become dizzy, become faint

Derivation: [i:maʔ wander]

Comments: aniNwa i:rɛaN kɛNaN; I became dizzy and fell; kɛniNwa i:rɛi:? Did you get dizzy?

Entry: -niNwa i:maʔ, -i:s-/-i:-

Grammar: n. + vt.

Meaning: make dizzy, make one's head spin

Derivation: [i:maʔ cause to wander]

Comments: yǝllik thuN-my-aN niNwa i:s-u (much drink-INF-pfG mind make spin-3P) Having drunk much, it made him dizzy.

Entry: -niNwa lɛNmaʔ, -lɛks-/-lɛN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: black out, lose consciousness

Derivation: [lɛNmaʔ flip over (vt.)]

Comments: aniNwa lɛksɛ I blacked out; aniNwa lɛN-nɛʔl I'm on the verge of blacking out.

Entry: -niNwa ma:maʔ, -mɔy-/-ma:-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: lose one's mind

Comments: kɛniNwa mɔyɛi:? Have you lost your mind?; kɛniNwa mɔyɛ ro:! You've really lost your mind!

Entry: niNwa mummaʔ, -mutch-/-mun-

Grammar: 1) vi. 2) vt.

Meaning: 1) forget, be forgotten, slip someone's mind; 2) forget

Comments: 1) niNwa mun [You]'ll forget! 2); niNwa mutchuN I shall forget it; niNwa munnɛ! I'll forget you!; cf. niNwa phummaʔ, niNwa phupmaʔ.

Entry: -niNwa phɛʔlaʔmaʔ, phɛʔ-laʔr-/phaʔ-laʔ-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: turn sour (of someone's mood)

Comments: ku-niNwa phɛʔlaʔrɛ He got into a bad mood.

Entry: niNwa phummaʔ, -phutch-/-phun-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: forget, be forgotten

Comments: cf. niNwa phupmaʔ.

Entry: niNwa phupmaʔ, -phutt-/-phut-/-phuʔl

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: forget

Comments: niNwa kɛbhutchu kɛdhɔ You've clear forgotten it; cf. niNwa mummaʔ, niNwa phummaʔ.

Entry: -niNwa tamaʔ

Grammar: n. + vi.irr.

Meaning: 1) be pleased, be satisfied 2) remember

Derivation: [tamaʔ come, appear]

Comments: 1) kɛ-niNwa te:-i: mɛ-de:-nɛn-ni:? (your-satisfaction come/PT-Q NEG-come/PT-NEG-Q) Are you pleased or not?; a-niNwa te: (my satisfaction come/PT) I'm pleased; cf. niNwa tamaʔ; 2);\x niNwa mɛde:nɛnni:? Don't you remember?.

Entry: -niNwa tamaʔ, -tas-/-ta-

Grammar: n. + vt.

Meaning: satisfy, please

Derivation: [caus. < niNwa tamaʔ be pleased]

Comments: a-niNwa kɛ-das-u (mysatisfaction 2-reach-3P) You please me; kɛ-niNwa tas-u-N-i:? (your-satisfaction reach-3P-1sA) Do I please you?; (antonym: -niNwa sɛpmaʔ).

Entry: -niNwa sɛpmaʔ, -sɛʔr-/-sɛt-/-sɛʔl

Grammar: n. + vt.

Meaning: displease, spoil the fun

Derivation: [sɛpmaʔ kill]

Comments: khɛN mǝna-re sa:rik niNwa sɛr-u (that man-ERG very satisfaction kill-3P) That man [always] spoils the fun.

Entry: -niNwaʔo: yuNmaʔ, -yuks-/-yuN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: keep in mind, remember.

Derivation: [lit. put in mind]

Entry: tatarɛn-niNwa-bhu-maN, tatarɛn-niNwa-phu-maN

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the immaculateminded god TatarAn, the genderless god of wisdom, knowledge and supreme intellect, whose substance is like the wind, creator of heaven and earth, a supreme deity of the indigenous Limbu pantheon.

Derivation: [tatarɛn ?proper name + niNwa mind, intellect + *phu o phɔ white (cf. mikphuʔla) + maN deity]

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