Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: busu

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: cheek

Nepali: gālā.

Entry: byerkhotɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: flood.

Entry: byernɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-3 byir-byer

Meaning: fly

Nepali: uḍnu.

Entry: daʔlo:

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fireplace, hearth in its entirety, consisting of the ba:kkuli and, situated therein, the sɨptɨlu, q.v.

Nepali: aghenu.

Entry: dabe

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sheath.

Derivation: [< Nep. dāp ]

Comments: [attested in Sasarkā only]

Entry: Dakhɨli-Surita

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: the mother of the original human family, one of the parents of Khopsi-Lɨkpa

Comments: cf. Mukuli-Ya:rita.

Entry: dakhö́ri:lɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: incantation or prophecy, uttered by a shaman

Nepali: mundhum.

Derivation: [< ri:lɨ 'myth handed down by word of mouth']

Entry: dani

Grammar: n.

Meaning: girl.

Derivation: [bound morpheme: in the word danilu, payadanilu ]

Entry: danilu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: (also called birmelu ) one of the three stones comprising the sɨptɨlu (q.v.), the stone situated nearest to the wall

Nepali: chorī-celi ḍhun%gā

Derivation: [dani 'girl' + lu 'stone']

Comments: cf. payadanilu.

Entry: da:dze

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) elder brother; 2) husband's elder brother

Derivation: [< Nep. dāje, dājū, dājyu ]

Comments: 1) cf. bɨsimbɨ; 2) cf. bubu, dumbo.

Entry: da:li

Grammar: n.

Meaning: chin

Derivation: [< Nep. dāhrī 'beard']

Comments: [attested in Sasarkā only] cf. da:lisǝm, dɨkhɨm, dɨkhɨmsǝm.

Entry: da:lisǝm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: beard

Derivation: [dali < Nep. dāhrī 'beard' + sǝm 'body hair']

Comments: cf. dɨkhɨm, dɨkhɨmsǝm.

Entry: da:pḿsinɨ

Grammar: vr.erg.

Meaning: be stricken, be unpleasantly overwhelmed by a sensation, esp. the cold (dzuʔu ) or too much salt or chilly in food

Nepali: cākhnu

Derivation: [da:pnɨ 'feel, taste']

Comments: as opposed to da:pnɨ vt-2a 'experience, taste', reflexive da:pmsinɨ conveys the idea of an internal, durative or intense sensation, e.g. Dzuʔu da:pmstɨ (Nep. Jāḍo cākhi rahanchu; mero aŋ-mā jāḍo cha; bhitra ajhai jāḍo bhai rahancha) I am cold (persistent internal cold) vs. ANa dzuʔu da:ptǝ I feel the cold, I feel cold; dzuʔu lɨnɨ vi-4 (2g), dzuʔu mɨtnɨ vt-2a (4).

Entry: da:pnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

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

Meaning: beat, pound (gu, sikiri clothes, clothing against rocks or with a stick at the riverside whilst washing).

Entry: da:pnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

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

Meaning: experience, taste, feel (esp. an unpleasant sensation, e.g. dzuʔu 'the cold')

Nepali: cākhnu

Comments: Rɨm kö-yi lo: ye mǝlo:nǝ ye aNa da:ptǝ I'll taste whether there's any salt in the tihun or not; cf. dzuʔu lɨnɨ vi-4 (2g), dzuʔu mɨtnɨ vt-2a (4), da:pmsinɨ.

Entry: da:ppa:nɨ

Grammar: vt-4 da:ppad/da:ppǝt-da:ppǝts/da:ppǝs-da:ppǝ

Meaning: give a beating, pound systematically, esp. clothes, clothing (gu, sikiri ) against rocks or with a stick at the riverside whilst washing).

Derivation: [allatively aspectivized da:pnɨ 'beat, pound']

Entry: delme

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) younger brother's wife; 2) younger sister's husband's younger sister

Comments: 1 - cf. wa

Entry: deltsu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: vide moktsu.

Derivation: [del- 'in-law (younger than speaker)', cf. delme; tsu < tsuʔu 'child']

Entry: de:ʔe

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: lexicalized adverbial complement of the verb photnɨ vt-2a, q.v.

Entry: de:l

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: village

Nepali: gāũ.