Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: ri:bha

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: rope

Nepali: ḍorī.

Derivation: [< ri:pnɨ vt-2 'twine, braid, plait'] [?]

Entry: ri:lɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: orally transmitted text or legend, myth handed down by word of mouth; custom, tradition

Nepali: mundhum

Comments: cf. mwo:ʔu, samlɨ

Entry: ri:mɨtnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a ri: mɨd/mɨt-mɨts/mɨs

Meaning: cause to laugh, make someone laugh

Nepali: hãsāunu.

Derivation: [causativized ri:nɨ 'laugh']

Entry: ri:msibhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree species Eurya japonica and acuminata

Nepali: jhin%gānu.

Derivation: [< -bhu 'tree']

Entry: ri:msinɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vr.non-erg.

Meaning: dodge, duck, look for cover, take shelter, get out of the way (of danger)

Nepali: joginu.

Entry: ri:nɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-2 re:-ri:y/ri:

Meaning: laugh

Nepali: hāʔsnu.

Entry: ri:nɨ

Grammar: vi-1 ri:y/ri:

Meaning: (with -nɨ 'mind, consciousness') be or become dizzy, experience vertigo, reel

Nepali: rĩgaṭā calnu

Comments: ɨnɨ ri:ya He became dizzy; cf. ghɨmi, ranta, rantam, -nɨ tsa:mnɨ.

Entry: ri:Nɨm-sa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: hipbone, hip.

Derivation: [ri:Na '[it] enclosed, surrounded' + -m nom.sf. + sa:lu 'bone']

Entry: ri:Nnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 ri:N

Meaning: surround

Nepali: ghernu.

Entry: ri:pkhotnnɨ

Grammar: vt-5a ri:pkhotnd/ri:pkhotn-ri:pkhotnts/ri:pkhos-ri:pkho-ri:pkhot

Meaning: 1) wring someone's neck 2) have someone (= patient) wind something up, make someone spool something

Nepali: 1) baṭāri dinu; 2) bāṭi dinu

Derivation: [profferatively aspectivized ri:pnɨ 'spool; wring']

Comments: cf. khipkhotnnɨ, phiNkhotnnɨ, se:wa khotnnɨ.

Entry: ri:pnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a ri:pt/ri:p-ri:ph/ri:p

Meaning: 1) twine, braid (esp. ri:bha 'rope'

Nepali: 1) ḍorī bāṭnu; 3) baṭārnu

Comments: 1) cf. pyǝknɨ 3) cf. pɨpnɨ vt-2a

Entry: ri:psunɨ

Grammar: vt-6a ri:psa-ri:psu/ri:psuy-ri:psɨ-ri:pso

Meaning: wring something totally out

Nepali: baṭāri paṭhāunu.

Derivation: [dimittively aspectivized ri:pnɨ 'wring out']

Entry: ri:ptunɨ

Grammar: vt-6a ri:pta-ri:ptu/ri:ptuy-ri:ptɨ-ri:pto

Meaning: spool something neatly up; braid up in an organized fashion, wind something neatly onto a spool

Nepali: bāṭi rākhnu.

Derivation: [ponently aspectivized ri:pnɨ 'spool, wind up, braid, twine']

Entry: ri:sípham

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Rhus javanica or semialata of the Anacardiaceae family, a shrub with tiny, sour, spherical berries, used for medicinal purposes

Nepali: bhak amilo

Comments: see photograph in Appendix IV.

Entry: ripnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a ript/rip-riph/rip

Meaning: cut down, fell, chop down

Nepali: ḍhālnu

Comments: cf. ɨnnɨ vt-2a.

Entry: riram

Grammar: n.

Meaning: body

Derivation: [< ram 'body']

Comments: cf. sa:go:.

Entry: riram-puma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: menstruation

Derivation: [lit. body-flower]

Comments: mɨtsim-puma, mori-puma.

Entry: rɨm

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: salt

Nepali: nūn.

Comments: cf. Limbu yum, western Tib. yum 'sprinkle (salt)'

Entry: rɨtram

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) vertebra; 2) a dānā on the necklace of a Dumi shaman or a Hindu yogī

Comments: 1) cf. tsɨmrɨ; 2) the necklaces of the shamans are said to have originally been composed of the vertebrae of human sacrifices, the more elaborate necklaces even being composed of khoplɨ 'skulls'.

Entry: rɨtram-sa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: vertebral bone, an individual vertebra.

Derivation: [rɨtram 'vertebra' + sa:lu 'bone']