Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *dhon

Meaning: straight

Kaling: dhwɔjnä (dhwɔndu) make straight, dhwɔjpä straight

Limbu: tɔndɔn straight

Kulung: tǝima v., tǝntǝipa adj.

Yamphu: tändo

Comments: Toba 96 *dhwaypä.

Proto-Kiranti: *dhúk / *dhúŋs

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: stumble

Kaling: 'dhunä ('dhuŋɔ) stumble, limp

Limbu: thɔŋmā (thɔŋkhu) stumble, tɔkmā (tɔktu), toktemā (toktā) id.

Dumi: duknɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *d(h)úm-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dark

Kaling: 'dumɔ darkness

Limbu: khādām id. (khā- light)

Proto-Kiranti: *dhùm(-s)

Meaning: ripen

Tulung: thi- (Toba 94) (?)

Kaling: dhamnä (dhamdu) ripen, dhampä ripe

Limbu: tummā (tumsu / tumsā) ripen, tumsebā ripe

Kulung: tumma

Yamphu: tumma

Proto-Kiranti: *[d(h)]úm(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: be finished

Sunwar: 'thum-ca

Tulung: düms- be finished, düm zero

Limbu: tummaʔ, -tums-/-tum-

Comments: Cf. *thùm(s) 'gather' (with confusion in Limbu and Sunwar).

Proto-Kiranti: *dhùŋ

Meaning: much

Tulung: ḍuŋma (AS d-) much

Kaling: dhumɔ a lot, much, too much

Dumi: tū

Proto-Kiranti: *d(h)V́k

Meaning: wipe, erase

Kaling: 'denä ('degu) to wipe; (EKg) 'dhenä erase

Limbu: tugmā (tugu) wipe, sweep, erase

Kulung: tūma

Yamphu: tu:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *dhVŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dry

Kaling: dhoŋ-pɛ

Proto-Kiranti: *dìdimǝ

Meaning: ant

Tulung: didimo white ant

Kaling: didimö small ant

Proto-Kiranti: *dòdikhäm ( ~ -χ- )

Meaning: firefly

Tulung: dodikham

Kaling: dodikhäm

Kulung: didikham

Proto-Kiranti: *dó(s)

Meaning: move, come

Tulung: dodo out of the way with, dos- move

Kaling: 'do now! come!

Kulung: tama

Proto-Kiranti: *dúkha

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: breast

Tulung: dǝkci (< *dúkha-cǝ) chest (p. of body)

Kaling: 'dükhɔ fem. breast

Proto-Kiranti: *dum (/ *dup)

Meaning: visit, meet

Kaling: damnä (dumu) 'meet (a person)'

Limbu: tummā (tummu) visit, meet

Kulung: tumma

Proto-Kiranti: *dum (/*ʔt-)

Meaning: custom

Tulung: ḍümla (aug. ridüm) tribal customs, religious heritage

Kaling: ra-dam (= T aug. ridum) custom, rite

Dumi: tɨm

Yamphu: tamma 'to sacrifice beer'; tum excuse, pretext, reason

Proto-Kiranti: *dV (/*thǝ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: big

Sunwar: ṭhēbe

Kaling: dumbu husband

Limbu: tā big, the- in theluŋ big stone, thebā grandfather

Kulung: dema v., depa adj. ; tuppo husband

Yamphu: tuba 'grandfather', tuma 'grandmother'; thappa 'big; old man; husband'; thaʔma 'old woman; wife'

Comments: Perhaps 2 roots, somewhat mixed up: *thǝ in S ṭhēbe, L the-, Y thappa (possibly = *thèn 'thick' q.v.); *dV in L tā, Kul de-, Y tu-. Toba *depu.

Proto-Kiranti: *dV̀k-(hon ~ -χ-)

Meaning: few, little

Tulung: dokha, dokhon

Kaling: dokhwɔj

Yamphu: ädäʔa

Proto-Kiranti: *[d]Vp / *[d]Vm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: taste (eat sample)

Sunwar: tham-ca

Tulung: döp-

Kaling: 'dämnä ('däptu)

Dumi: dāpnɨ

Kulung: damma

Proto-Kiranti: *g-

Meaning: deictic prefix in personal pronouns

Sunwar: g-

Tulung: g-

Kaling: gu he, she, it

Limbu: h- in hen he,that, hune he, she (see *ʔu-), hene you, thee

Kulung: k- (kɔŋ 'I' etc.)

Yamphu: k-

Comments: Cf. *ko(n).

Proto-Kiranti: *gá(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: crow

Tulung: gāpu, gɔ̄pu (AS gagakpu)

Kaling: 'gɔkpö

Limbu: ākwā (but also kākwā)

Dumi: gogo

Kulung: cas-kuwa; gagappa

Yamphu: araʔwa (?)

Comments: Toba 88 *gakpö.

Proto-Kiranti: *gak-

Meaning: give

Sunwar: ge-ca

Tulung: gɔk-