Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *blä́(t)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: say

Tulung: b(e)-

Kaling: 'blännä ('blättu) say

Limbu: pāpmā (pāttu) speak, pān language, dialect

Kulung: pi:ma

Comments: Toba 95 *blä-.

Proto-Kiranti: *blèŋkum

Meaning: a k. of mushroom

Tulung: blɛŋkuma white mushroom

Kaling: bleŋgam an inedible fungus

Proto-Kiranti: *blìŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fill

Sunwar: brī-ca get filled, brī-śo full

Tulung: lit- suffice, reach (an age) (?)

Kaling: lunä (liŋu) to fill

Limbu: lɔŋwā overflow of rainwater

Dumi: lennɨ

Kulung: laima 'suffice'; līma 'pour into, insert'

Comments: Perhaps 2 different roots, as seen from the distinction in Kulung.

Proto-Kiranti: *blút

Meaning: boil

Sunwar: 'brujk-ca boil (water)

Tulung: bliut- (AS blut-) boil (itr.)

Kaling: 'blannä ('blattu) id.

Limbu: putmā (puttu) get boiled

Kulung: puima

Yamphu: pi:ʔma

Proto-Kiranti: *bràk (~-ŋ)

Meaning: separate

Tulung: brɔ(ŋ)si- separate after meeting, disperse

Kaling: brɔnsinä leave-take, break off a relationship

Proto-Kiranti: *brä́-mV

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: buckwheat

Tulung: bramu

Kaling: 'bräm

Kulung: bāma

Proto-Kiranti: *brä̀ŋ(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: be tasty

Sunwar: brō-

Tulung: brǝs- taste nice

Proto-Kiranti: *brep-co

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: finger

Sunwar: brepco

Tulung: brepco

Kaling: 'brepco

Comments: Toba 90 *brepco. Cf. L -co in hukco finger (huk 'hand') and other compounds; perhaps also cä- in Kal. cä-ti 'thumb'.

Proto-Kiranti: *brǝ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: speech, word

Kaling: 'brɔ

Dumi: boʔo

Proto-Kiranti: *bùbla

Meaning: chick

Tulung: buklo (AS buplo) chick, young of any bird

Kaling: bublɔ

Proto-Kiranti: *bù(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: white

Sunwar: bu-ś

Tulung: bubum (cf. also bo- go white (of popped maize, of hair))

Kaling: bubum

Limbu: phokhijā white, phokhām white clay

Yamphu: pokma 'to shine'

Comments: Toba 98 *bubu.

Proto-Kiranti: *bur

Meaning: sugar, cane

Tulung: bur

Kaling: che-bar (che- is unclear)

Comments: Kal. che-bar = Kul. chǝwa id. (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *bV

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: who

Dumi: abo

Proto-Kiranti: *bV́rum

Meaning: navel, umbilical cord

Tulung: bürüm

Kaling: 'baram

Kulung: birim

Comments: Toba 93 *birim. In STEDT 181-182 (*bryam ~ brim) compared with Moyon brä́, Lepcha băk-lim and Thakali 'prih-khum; not quite reliable.

Proto-Kiranti: *cak / *caŋ

Meaning: to dress, ornament

Limbu: cakmaʔ 'to dress someone', caNmaʔ 'to be dressed'

Yamphu: cakma 'to clothe, ornament', caŋma 'to wear, put on'

Proto-Kiranti: *cam ( ~ ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ladle (in compounds)

Tulung: korcöm flat wooden stirrer used in cooking, blɔkcam bamboo ladle

Kaling: kwɔrcam wooden ladle

Proto-Kiranti: *caŋ (/ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: new

Limbu: kɔsɔN

Yamphu: coŋ

Proto-Kiranti: *cä́-ʔcǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: grandchild

Tulung: cüsü (< *cecö)

Kaling: 'cäs

Dumi: cacu 'grandson', cacɨ 'granddaughter'

Kulung: casi

Comments: Toba 90 *cayci. Cf. *ʔcǝ̀.

Proto-Kiranti: *c[ä̀]m / *c[ä̀]p

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: play

Tulung: camsi- play, camdo plaything, game

Kaling: cemsi-nä play, camdu toy

Limbu: cāpmā (cāttu) play, kecāpā player

Dumi: cemnɨ

Comments: Toba 94 *camsi-.

Proto-Kiranti: *cä̀n (/ʔc-)

Meaning: heap up

Tulung: cat- put on top, add

Kaling: cäjnä (cändu) heap up a load on a basket

Limbu: sāmā (sāru) to carry (things)

Yamphu: ceʔma