Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *bé(k)

Meaning: put in

Tulung: b(e)- make, do, put

Kaling: 'benä ('behtu)

Proto-Kiranti: *bek

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: die

Sunwar: bēk

Proto-Kiranti: *bep-

Meaning: butterfly, insect

Tulung: bephermu, -ma (< *bep-bermä), bem slug

Kaling: bebüläm, 'bepcö insect, germ, worm, bhem slug

Limbu: phebā insect, white ant

Dumi: kām-pipīr

Kulung: beplem

Comments: Toba 96 *pem (confused with *pípV). Cf. *ber, *pípV.

Proto-Kiranti: *ber, *ber-mä

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: a k. of insect (butterfly, dragonfly, caterpillar)

Tulung: be-phermu, -pherma butterfly

Kaling: sam-bermä caterpillar, ku-berme dragonfly (? what is the relation of the 2d part in bebüläm butterfly?)

Limbu: -phe in cirāphe butterfly (for the first part cf. cirippā sp. of small grasshopper) (?)

Comments: Cf. also T (namdi) burwa variety of cricket; *bep-. Toba 88 *bebuläm.

Proto-Kiranti: *bǝ́t (/ *ʔp-)

Meaning: bloom

Sunwar: 'bojk-ca

Tulung: bǝt- open (of flowers)

Kaling: 'pwɔnnä ('pwɔhtu) bloom, swell

Dumi: pǝtnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *bhà-

Meaning: floor, earth (in various compounds)

Sunwar: bās floor

Tulung: baja land, earth, floor

Kaling: bhɔjɔ place, ground, earth

Proto-Kiranti: *bhák (/*ʔp-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: shoulder

Sunwar: balā

Tulung: 'balam shoulder blade

Kaling: 'bhoto

Limbu: phoktāŋ

Dumi: bokto

Kulung: bɔutɔ

Yamphu: akkr̂aŋ

Comments: In compounds: *bhák-ta(ŋ), *bhák-läm.

Proto-Kiranti: *bhan ( / *bhat)

Meaning: fill, full

Kaling: bhajnä (bhandu) get filled, bhajpä full

Limbu: pɔtmā (pɔttu) fill up

Dumi: bīnnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *bhä̀l

Meaning: horizontal

Tulung: bhal, ubhal horizontally, away across hilside

Kaling: bhäbhäl

Dumi: bhāl

Proto-Kiranti: *bhä̀n

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: wear

Tulung: ban-, bha(t)- wear, put on (as ornament)

Proto-Kiranti: *bhä́[p]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: broad, wide

Tulung: bhapa

Kaling: 'bhäppä

Kulung: baipa 'long' (?)

Yamphu: beʔe 'big, large', bī-ma 'to be big'; (?) peʔ-lo 'many'

Comments: Toba 99 *bhäpä. Cf. also Kulung pǝma 'increase, grow' (see under *bhǝ̀r).

Proto-Kiranti: *b(h)ä̀r (/ʔp-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sow

Sunwar: bwar-ca

Tulung: par- throw, discard

Limbu: phemā (pherā) winnow

Comments: The initial bw- in Sunwar is not quite clear.

Proto-Kiranti: *bhèndäk ( / m-?)

Meaning: sheep, goat

Kaling: bhende

Limbu: mendāk

Proto-Kiranti: *bhèr

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fly

Sunwar: ber-ca

Kaling: bhernä (bheru)

Limbu: pɛmā (pɛrā) (with irregular ɛ)

Dumi: bjernɨ

Kulung: perma

Yamphu: pe:ma

Comments: Toba 90 *pre-.

Proto-Kiranti: *bhét ( / *bhén )

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: leech, snake

Sunwar: -phe in 'jāk-phe land leech

Tulung: -pon in dokpon red leech ( = K dhokphej)

Kaling: 'bhej snake, dhok-phej red leech, lok-pej black leech

Limbu: -pet in lākpet leech (= K lok-pej)

Dumi: bhī

Comments: Cf. also T bi-ḍa leech (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *bhǝ̀lu

Meaning: thunder

Tulung: bhulülü, -lüm

Kaling: bhölü

Kulung: bululuwa

Comments: Toba 97 * _lulu.

Proto-Kiranti: *bhǝ̀-lV (/ *lǝ̀-bhV)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: spleen; force

Tulung: el\, al\ spleen

Kaling: bhöl force

Limbu: lep force

Kulung: pel 'spleen'

Proto-Kiranti: *b(h)ǝn

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: touch

Dumi: bǝnnɨ

Kulung: pǝima

Proto-Kiranti: *bhǝ̀r

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: grow

Sunwar: bar-ca grow up, increase

Tulung: bǝr- grow up

Kaling: bhwɔrnä (bhwɔrŋɔ) grow, increase

Limbu: pomā (pondā / porā) increase

Dumi: barnɨ

Kulung: bur 'mountain' (?)

Yamphu: pu:ma

Comments: Limbu has stems a) pōr- / pōn- b) pōs-/pō-, which are hard to distinguish, but may in fact represent different original roots. For the former cf. Kulung pǝ-ma (pɔi-) 'increase, grow' (see under *bhä́[p]).

Proto-Kiranti: *b(h)il

Meaning: to milk, squeeze

Kaling: pa_l-, pal- (Toba)

Limbu: phi:mmaʔ

Kulung: bilma

Comments: Toba 92 *pa_l-. Compared in STEDT 231-232 with Bunan pel-tsi, Kham pi:-nyā.