Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: me:ʔmi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Missus, formal term of address for a married woman

Nepali: s!rīmatī

Derivation: [< me:ʔe 'wife' + -mi fem.sf.]

Comments: cf. limtsǝmi.

Entry: me:lam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: work

Nepali: kām

Comments: cf. duʔme:lam, mɨnnɨ vt-7 (11), uʔu.

Entry: me:Nǝ

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: 1) just like that, just so, in that way, in that fashion 2) the more, all the more

Nepali: tyatikai

Comments: cf. hi:tǝ.

Entry: me:pnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a me:ph/me:p-miph/mip

Meaning: destroy, obliterate, ruin, spoil, mess up

Nepali: meṭnu

Comments: cf. bi:lnɨ, hǝlnɨ, loʔnɨ.

Entry: me:si

Grammar: n.

Meaning: buffalo

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā; < Nep. bhaĩsī 'buffalo']

Comments: e.g. mesi-po su buffalo meat.

Entry: metnna

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: in that fashion, in that way

Nepali: tyaso, tyasarī

Derivation: [me- < mom 'that' + -tnna 'in which fashion']

Comments: cf. mwo:ho:tnna, mwo:tnna, tetnna.

Entry: mǝkha:kpɨ

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: not bitter

Nepali: natīto.

Derivation: [negative AP < kha:nɨ 'taste bitter']

Entry: Mǝkpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Dumi clan in Mākpā pañcāyat, whence the pañcāyat probably got its name

Comments: cf. sa:me.

Entry: mǝlɨsbhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Macaranga pustulata or indica

Nepali: mālatā.

Derivation: [ʔ< Nep. mālatā + -bhu 'tree']

Entry: mi

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fire.

Entry: mikirma

Grammar: n.adj.fem.

Meaning: fifth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. mikirmi, tsenirma.

Entry: mikirmi

Grammar: n.fem.

Meaning: (of a married female) fifth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. mikirma, tsenirmi.

Entry: mikɨ

Grammar: n.adj.masc.

Meaning: fifth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. mikɨse, tsenɨ.

Entry: mikɨse

Grammar: n.masc.

Meaning: fifth born son

Comments: cf. mikɨ, tsenɨse.

Entry: mikkhi:m

Grammar: n.

Meaning: tears

Nepali: āʔsu

Derivation: [mik 'eye' + khi:m 'spit']

Comments: cf. nukhil, Nitso-siʔi.

Entry: miksi

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) eye 2) seed, pit, grain, corn

Nepali: 1) āʔkhā

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā ]

Comments: 2) Nep. dānā.

Entry: milirma

Grammar: n.adj.fem.

Meaning: sixth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. milirmi.

Entry: milirmi

Grammar: n.fem.

Meaning: (of a married female) sixth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. milirma.

Entry: milɨ

Grammar: n.adj.masc.

Meaning: sixth born (offspring or sibling)

Comments: cf. milɨse.

Entry: milɨse

Grammar: n.masc.

Meaning: sixth born son

Comments: cf. milɨ.