Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: Na:ghɨle:m

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the first housewife, first captured in the form of a stone by Khopsi-Lɨkpa.

Derivation: [na:ghɨ 'rainbow' + le:m 'tongue']

Entry: Na:l

Grammar: n.

Meaning: spinach

Nepali: sāg

Comments: cf. go:nǝm.

Entry: Na:lkö

Grammar: n.

Meaning: spinach tarkārī

Nepali: sāg-ko tarkārī.

Derivation: [Na:l 'spinach' + kö 'cooked vegetables']

Entry: na:m

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: daylight, sun, sunshine

Nepali: ghām

Comments: cf. na:mtso, na:mtsoktim.

Entry: na:mgrim

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sunset

Nepali: sūryāsta.

Derivation: [na:m 'sun' + grim < gi:mnɨ 'to set']

Entry: na:mgrim-asewa

Grammar: exp.

Meaning: Good evening! (lit. evening greeting).

Derivation: [na:mgrim 'sunset' + asewa 'greeting']

Entry: na:mlǝtnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a lǝt-luts/lus

Meaning: dry out in the sun

Derivation: [< na:m 'sun', allofam of latnɨ vt-2a lat-lats/las 'remove']

Comments: ɨma na:mbi na:mlǝtɨ He dried it out in the sun; Pipiʔa na:mtsoʔbi na:mlǝtta Grandmother is drying it out in the sun.

Entry: na:mnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-1 na:m

Meaning: sink, become dunked under

Nepali: ḍubnu.

Comments: cf. na:mnɨ vt-1

Entry: na:mnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 na:m

Meaning: dunk underwater (kaNkɨ-bi 'in the water'), cause to sink

Nepali: ḍubāunu.

Entry: na:mnɨ

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: the day after tomorrow

Nepali: parsi

Derivation: [na:m 'sun' + nɨ 'two'; in Sasarkā: na:mnu ]

Comments: cf. amnɨ, aselma, asina, atina, attha:mkuna, lɨkdinna, sɨmdinna.

Entry: na:mnu

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: vide na:mnɨ adv.

Derivation: [attested in Sasarkā only]

Entry: na:mpɨ

Grammar: to:ti adv.

Meaning: upward, upslope, uphill

Nepali: ukālo

Derivation: [na:m 'sun', -pɨ ʔ< -ptɨ ̃ -tɨ 'up at']

Comments: cf. yukku yukku lamba, yakka yakka lambu.

Entry: na:msinɨ

Grammar: vr.non-erg.

Meaning: (animate subject) sink, dunk oneself underwater, bathe (e.g. kaʔo:-bi 'in the river')

Nepali: ḍubnu, nuhāunu.

Derivation: [< na:mnɨ 'dunk underwater']

Entry: na:mtsoʔ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sunshine, sunlight.

Derivation: [< na:m 'sunlight']

Entry: na:mtsoktim

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sun (as a celestial orb or heavenly body)

Nepali: sūrya, surje

Derivation: [< na:m 'sunlight']

Comments: cf. na:m, na:mtso.

Entry: Na:ńsɨnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vr.erg.

Meaning: sit down

Nepali: basnu.

Entry: na:pmsinɨ

Grammar: vr.non-erg.

Meaning: (animate subject) sleep soundly

Comments: Ana:pmsinǝ? - Mǝna:pmsinǝ Didn't you sleep soundly? - I didn't sleep soundly.

Entry: Na:ye:m

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: the daughter of Ri:be:m who, after being tricked by Ruwabhu into drinking his urine, conceived and became the Mother of All Things.

Entry: Na:yɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: face (of a woman); dainty, comely, unblemished or beautiful face (of a man or a woman); countenance, visage

Nepali: anuhār

Comments: cf. ko:phu.

Entry: Na:yɨ-ko:phu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: face, countenance, visage

Nepali: anuhār.

Derivation: [Na:yɨ 'countenance' + ko:phu 'face']