Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *gä̀m (~-ǝ̀m)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cool

Sunwar: gam-ca to cool

Limbu: hāmā̆mā cold

Yamphu: jemma

Proto-Kiranti: *gèlVŋ

Meaning: charcoal

Tulung: geloŋ, geluŋ

Kaling: gela-bwɔm (EKg; -bwɔm "lichen"?)

Kulung: gelɔbɔm

Proto-Kiranti: *gèn

Meaning: raise

Tulung: gē(t)- look after (plants), cultivate

Kaling: gejnä (gendu) raise (animals)

Proto-Kiranti: *[g]ep(s)

Meaning: sticky

Sunwar: kepcok greasy

Kaling: (EKg) 'kehpä, (CSDP) 'kehpä sticky

Limbu: khipmā (khipsu) to paste (cf. also khimma, khisu) adhere

Kulung: hamma

Yamphu: kepma

Proto-Kiranti: *gèpsi ~ *gèsip (/ʔk-)

Meaning: soya bean

Tulung: kɛksi

Kaling: gipsi

Limbu: khesippā bean

Dumi: gjāksi

Yamphu: käkkräŋma (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *gǝ̀ (/ʔk-)

Meaning: light

Tulung: kh- in khle, khlömu moon, moon-light

Kaling: kö

Limbu: khā

Dumi: gāʔnɨ

Kulung: kɔ

Yamphu: ha:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *ghàl

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sweat

Tulung: gɔl sweat

Kaling: ghɔl sweat, steam

Proto-Kiranti: *ghä̀m

Meaning: tight

Tulung: gam- be tight (of stopper)

Kaling: ghämpä tight (of box)

Proto-Kiranti: *ghä̀m(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: join, add

Kaling: ghämnä (ghämu) add, join, connect

Limbu: kāmmā (kāmsu) join, kāp couple

Kulung: kamma; kemma

Proto-Kiranti: *[gh]ät

Meaning: come up, carry up

Tulung: khet- carry up, bring uphill, ge(t)- come up; ge-le, u-ge-le 'up, upwards'

Kaling: u-kho-tü up, upwards'

Limbu: kapmaʔ

Yamphu: käʔma

Proto-Kiranti: *[gh]ǝ̀ŋ (//-k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ascend

Tulung: huŋ

Kaling: khonä (khöŋɔ) ascend, come up, (khondu) bring up

Kulung: gɔ̄ma 'carry by hand'

Yamphu: kakma

Proto-Kiranti: *ghlà(-s) (~-ŋs)

Meaning: win

Sunwar: grā-ca

Tulung: ghlɔs-, ghlɛs- (AS glɔ̄s-) win

Kaling: ghlɔ-nä (ghjɔnɔ) win, defeat; ghlɔŋpä superior

Kulung: kɔ̄ma

Yamphu: he:-ǯama

Comments: Toba 99 *ghla(s)-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ghl[ù]m

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: deep

Kaling: ghlɔmpä deep (of water)

Limbu: pāklum

Kulung: gumpa

Comments: Cf. *plùm / *blùm 'sink'.

Proto-Kiranti: *ghlùm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: hatch

Tulung: ghlöm- hatch, ghlomi hen

Kaling: glamnä (glamdu) sit on eggs, hatch

Dumi: gɨmnɨ

Kulung: kumma 'breed eggs', kuppu 'bred egg'

Yamphu: kupma

Comments: In Yamphu - perhaps a merger with *qǝp q.v.

Proto-Kiranti: *ghòl ( / *ʔk-)

Meaning: big

Tulung: kol-, kǝl- be large

Kaling: ghwɔlnā (ghwɔlŋɔ) get big, ghwɔlpä big, important

Dumi: golpɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *ghònduru

Meaning: throat

Tulung: gundürü (AS gondüjü)

Kaling: ghwandürü

Dumi: ghokta (?)

Kulung: gāndiri

Comments: Toba 97 *ghöndürü.

Proto-Kiranti: *ghòŋ

Meaning: to warm

Tulung: go(t)- warm

Kaling: ghonä (ghöŋu) to heat, to warm

Limbu: ko, kekobā warm [*kaŋ-]

Kulung: gɔ̄ma

Yamphu: huŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *ghràt

Meaning: k. of plant (?cane, nettle)

Sunwar: grā cane, rattan

Tulung: grenem, ghrenem (in the 2d part - *näm "jungle, forest")

Kaling: ghrenä nettle, rattan

Kulung: gānam

Comments: Toba 93 *grenä.

Proto-Kiranti: *ghrä̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: crab

Tulung: grawa, grajwa

Kaling: ghrä

Limbu: khɛ-bɔk crab

Kulung: gawa

Yamphu: khäʔäk 'a sp. of crab'

Proto-Kiranti: *ghrèm

Meaning: branch

Tulung: grem (but also grɔŋ, grɛŋ)

Kaling: ghrem

Kulung: gem

Comments: Toba 88 *ghrem.