Meaning:the whistling thrush, Myiophoneus caeruleus, a large crepuscular blackbird of the thrush family with yellow bill
Nepali: kalcãũḍo, kalcãũḍe
Comments:the mwo:ʔu nests within crevices and niches in precipitous cliffs and escarpments; cf. ri:lɨ.
Entry:mwo:ʔu-kɨbi
Grammar:n.
Meaning:the Primordial Shaman, a mythological shaman (kɨbi) in the form of a mwo:ʔu (Nep. kalcãũḍo) which consulted the Omniscient Stone, Sampheʔlu, directly.
Entry:mwo:ho:
Grammar:adv.
Meaning:how
Nepali: kaso.
Comments:Mwo:tsɨkha?Bhuthi:yamwo:ho:wo:! What happened? Has a tree fallen down or what? (Nep. Kebhayo?Rukhkhasyokikasoho?)
Entry:mwo:ho:tnna
Grammar:adv.
Meaning:in which manner, how, in which way
Nepali: kasarī
Derivation:[mwo: 'what', ho:- < hu:nɨ 'come', -tnna 'in which fashion']
Grammar:n. [lit. rainbow] a four-year cycle of rituals celebrated annually at the same time as the Hindu festival of Dīpāvalī
Meaning:i.e. on the last day of the dark half of the month Kārtik. The Na:ghɨ rituals were first performed by Khopsi-Lɨkpa and Na:ghɨ-le:m in the mythological past
Comments:the Na:ghɨ rituals are: Ti:dam,Tsi:dam,Dibudam and Tsomdam, q.v.
