Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *cäp (-s)

Meaning: can

Sunwar: cap-ca

Tulung: căps- be able to (cf. also ʒhaps- be possible)

Kaling: 'cämnä ('cäbu) (in CSDF cämne)

Limbu: cupmā (cuptā) to get opportunity

Dumi: cāpnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *cä́p(-s) ( ~ ʔc-)

Meaning: leak

Tulung: caps-

Kaling: 'cämnä ('cäbu)

Dumi: cɨpnɨ

Comments: Toba 92 *caps-.

Proto-Kiranti: *cék (/ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: pluck, pinch

Kaling: 'cenä ('cegu) pick, clip (flowers, leaves), pinch

Limbu: sekmā (segu) pluck, nip, (sektu) pinch

Dumi: cjǝknɨ

Kulung: chēma

Yamphu: ci:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *c[e]k (/ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: hard

Sunwar: caktā

Tulung: cǝk- become hard, old, fully fermented

Kaling: 'cekpä

Limbu: kecāba, cāhā hard

Kulung: chɔ̄ma

Yamphu: cikma 'become ripe, fermented'

Comments: Yamphu has also chakma 'be hard' (practically the only word with ch-, thus probably borrowed).

Proto-Kiranti: *cèkcere

Meaning: a k. of bird, partridge

Tulung: ceccere partridge

Kaling: cekcere small brown bird

Yamphu: cikcikya

Proto-Kiranti: *cèm ( ~ ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: rot

Tulung: cem- rot

Kaling: cemnä (cemu) rot, decay

Kulung: cemma

Proto-Kiranti: *cèn

Meaning: learn, teach

Tulung: cen- id.

Kaling: cejnä (cendu)

Dumi: cennɨ

Yamphu: cimma

Proto-Kiranti: *cèŋ ( ~ ʔc-)

Meaning: winnow

Tulung: ce(t)- sift (e.g. removing small stones from beans)

Kaling: cenä (ceŋu) winnow (by shaking the winnowing tray sideways)

Proto-Kiranti: *cep (~cǝp)

Meaning: flat (stone)

Tulung: cep- in cepluŋma flat stones

Limbu: cepleklek flat (ceplekluŋ flat stone)

Proto-Kiranti: *cer

Meaning: cock's comb

Sunwar: kok-cer

Tulung: cer

Limbu: co

Proto-Kiranti: *cèr (/ʔc-)

Meaning: wheat

Sunwar: cer-bi

Tulung: ʒep-ser

Kaling: dho-cer

Limbu: sī

Kulung: dɔ-cer

Comments: Toba 98 *docer.

Proto-Kiranti: *cèrs (? / -ä̀-)

Meaning: urine, urinate

Sunwar: car-ca urinate, car-naku urine

Tulung: sar(s)- urinate, sarki urine

Kaling: cernä (cerŋɔ) urinate, 'cekmo urine (< *cer-ku-mo)

Limbu: semā (sesu) urinate, simāt / semāt urine

Dumi: cirnɨ

Kulung: cirma 'drain, pour out'

Comments: Toba 98 *cers-, *ceCCV. Not to be confused with *ʔce(s), although the L form was probably influenced by it (otherwise c- would be expected); T s- is quite enigmatic.

Proto-Kiranti: *cǝ́ ( ~ ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: burn, roast

Sunwar: 'co-ca roast

Tulung: ca- bake, burn, scorn

Proto-Kiranti: *c[ǝ̀]r ( ~ ʔc-)

Meaning: pain

Tulung: car- smart (of wound)

Kaling: cwɔrnä (coru) burn (of medicine, wound)

Proto-Kiranti: *ch[ä]nuwä

Meaning: wasp

Tulung: chönewa

Kaling: chänuwä

Proto-Kiranti: *[ch]èm

Meaning: platform

Tulung: chem ceremonial enclosure, hunter's rough shetter, tree platform

Kaling: chem platform for storing grain stalks

Dumi: cem

Kulung: cemcemmas 'sole of the foot'?

Yamphu: cim

Proto-Kiranti: *chèm

Meaning: sometimes

Tulung: ko-chem one day, chemchemŋa sometimes

Kaling: chemchem

Kulung: -chem

Proto-Kiranti: *chè-(-n, -s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: know

Tulung: chē(n/t)- recognise, chose, ches- take heed, wake up, be intelligent

Kaling: cheynä (chendu) know (a person, a way), chepä smart, clever

Dumi: cennɨ, cɨknɨ

Kulung: cheima 'know', chepɔwa, chemɔwa 'smart'

Yamphu: seʔma 'choose'

Comments: Cf. also *sen, *cèn.

Proto-Kiranti: *chet

Meaning: rinse

Sunwar: śēk-ca

Tulung: chet-

Kaling: 'chennä ('chehtu)

Proto-Kiranti: *chǝ̀(k)-pu (-bu)

Meaning: bug

Tulung: chǝ̄wǝ bug

Kaling: chup bedbug

Limbu: sigipa bug

Dumi: cɨʔɨbɨ

Kulung: chīpa

Comments: Cf. *ʔcu-kik-pä.