Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔà-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: he

Tulung: oram (AS aram) this (also o this)

Kaling: am

Limbu: a-tiN

Dumi: ɨm

Kulung: ǝ-

Yamphu: akko

Comments: Cf. also adverbial stems like Dum. ádzǝ 'at that time, once', Lim. anchē id. etc.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔàn

Meaning: fall

Tulung: an- drop

Kaling: ajnä (andu) lean over, fall over

Dumi: ɨnnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔaŋ

Meaning: pine tree

Limbu: āŋ

Kulung: ɔŋwapɔwa

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔ[ä]-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: mute, dumb

Limbu: ke:-ʔe:ba

Yamphu: kuba

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔän

Meaning: return, come back

Dumi: ānnɨ

Kulung: aima

Yamphu: ämma 'go ahead; enter' (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔä̀n-nV

Meaning: now

Tulung: anep today

Kaling: än now, änöl today

Limbu: aina today

Kulung: hǝnna

Comments: Toba 98 *anöC.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcä́k(-s)

Meaning: shut

Sunwar: 'cōk-ca lock, shut

Tulung: cǝks- shut up

Kaling: 'cenä ('cǝhtu)

Limbu: sākmā (sāktu) close

Yamphu: säkma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcel

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: parental home

Dumi: celpɨ

Kulung: chel

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔce(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: urinate

Limbu: sēmaʔ

Kulung: chema

Yamphu: se:ma

Comments: The root should be distinguished from *ʔcèrs q.v.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcet (/-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to split

Limbu: sɛpmaʔ, sɛmmaʔ

Dumi: ce:tnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: child

Tulung: cö, cöccö

Kaling: cö

Limbu: sā

Dumi: cuʔu

Kulung: cha

Yamphu: caǯa

Comments: Cf. *cä́-c₁ǝ̀. Toba 88 *cö.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcǝm ( ~ -ä-)

Meaning: split, cut lengthwise

Dumi: cǝmnɨ

Kulung: chamma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcǝp ( ~ -ä-)

Meaning: write

Limbu: sapmaʔ, -sapt-/-sap-

Dumi: cǝpnɨ

Kulung: chamma

Yamphu: sapma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔc[ì]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: marrow

Kaling: sö (under the influence of sö meat)

Limbu: sī, sesi

Dumi: tāk-ci

Kulung: chi

Comments: For the first part in Dumi cf. Kulung tɔkci 'brain'.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcúk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to point

Tulung: cok- stab, poke, point out (with index fungers)

Limbu: sōkmaʔ

Dumi: cuknɨ

Yamphu: su:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcúm

Meaning: mortar

Sunwar: 'cumlo

Tulung: kokcüm small vertical wooden mortar (for salt or chili)

Kaling: kokcam small mortar

Kulung: chumbɔ

Comments: See *kok- grind. Cf. *sùm.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcùp

Meaning: roof, build roof

Sunwar: cap-ca build roof

Kaling: cüp rafter, roof beam

Limbu: supmā (suptu) to shut, supnā lid

Yamphu: sa:pma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcur(V)bi

Meaning: swallow (bird)

Tulung: cürbi, cüribüwild swallow

Kaling: cürbi

Kulung: chirwa

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcVm

Meaning: needle

Limbu: sammiʔl

Dumi: cume

Kulung: chamei

Yamphu: samik

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcV̀m(-s)

Meaning: squeeze, wring

Sunwar: cim-ca

Limbu: summā (sumsu) massage