Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *gró(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: goat

Tulung: gro wild goat

Kaling: grodü

Comments: Toba 90 *grodü.

Proto-Kiranti: *gù(n)nek (?)

Meaning: women's lower garment

Sunwar: gune

Kaling: günnä (CSDP günne)

Comments: ? Borrowed, cf. M guńā, J 'gunek

Proto-Kiranti: *gù[t]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: hand; joint

Sunwar: guj hand

Limbu: huk hand, arm

Dumi: gutna joint, knee (cf. also kɨtna 'elbow')

Kulung: hu

Yamphu: huk

Comments: Toba 91 *kha (?) (comparing Kul. hu and Kal. kha_).

Proto-Kiranti: *hák (//*háŋ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: open

Tulung: hɔk open (tr.) (door, container, mouth)

Kaling: 'hɔnä ('hɔgu) to open

Limbu: hoŋ empty space, aperture, hoŋmā (hɔŋkhu) to bore

Dumi: hāknɨ

Yamphu: hakma 'keep legs apart'; hoŋ 'empty, gaping'; hoŋma 'go through'

Comments: Cf. also Yam. hoho 'open'. Perhaps 2 roots.

Proto-Kiranti: *hàkam[ä]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: yawn

Sunwar: ham-ś 'pa-ca

Tulung: hakama

Kaling: hɔkɔme lünä

Limbu: hāmāju, khām-

Kulung: hakamma

Comments: Toba 99 *hakame.

Proto-Kiranti: *hán // *háŋ

Meaning: hot

Sunwar: 'hojsso hot

Kaling: 'hahpä (EKg hajhpä) hot, warm(of air, weather)

Limbu: hāŋhā hot, hāŋhāŋwā warm

Dumi: haŋnɨ

Kulung: hɔ̄ma 'be warm, cosy', hɔkuhɔku 'lukewarm' (?)

Comments: Toba 91 *h(a)hpä.

Proto-Kiranti: *hàŋ

Meaning: pungent

Tulung: hɔ(t)- sting (as insect), be pungent

Kaling: honä (hɔŋ) taste pungent

Limbu: hāŋ hot (in taste), kehāŋbā pungent

Kulung: hɔ̄ma

Proto-Kiranti: *haŋ ( ~ x-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: king

Limbu: haŋ

Dumi: hō

Kulung: haŋ

Yamphu: haŋba

Proto-Kiranti: *ha(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to distribute

Limbu: hāmaʔ, -hās-/-hā-

Kulung: hama

Yamphu: ha:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *hát / *hán (~χ-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: roast, burn

Kaling: 'hannä ('hattu) burn, roast, bake

Limbu: hāmmā (hāndu) to kindle

Dumi: hɨtnɨ

Yamphu: hiʔma (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *hä̀l, *hä̀läl-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: red

Sunwar: lal

Tulung: lalam

Kaling: hɔlɔlɔm

Kulung: halalāpa

Yamphu: harra

Comments: Toba *hala. Initial *hä- is probably a distortion of *hi 'blood' q.v. (cf. Yamphu ha-ri).

Proto-Kiranti: *hä̀pV

Meaning: much

Tulung: hapa very, very well

Kaling: häpi

Comments: Cf. Kulung hayam 'very'?

Proto-Kiranti: *he

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: what

Tulung: he what, heka how, why, hem who, which, ham what etc.

Kaling: he how, heke why, hene when etc.

Limbu: hā who, [hɛn what] (V.Dr.: ēn nom., e:lle erg. 'who')

Dumi: hem

Kulung: hādem 'when', hākǝ 'which', hāpi 'where'

Yamphu: hambeʔ 'where', hambaŋä 'which'

Comments: Cf. Toba 98 *khäpi 'where' (also listing Tul. ba and Kal. 'khäbi).

Proto-Kiranti: *hék(s)

Meaning: sift

Sunwar: 'hēk-ca

Limbu: ekmā (ekkhu) winnow, (ektu) remove off from rice

Proto-Kiranti: *hèl (?-ä̀-)

Meaning: -in-law

Tulung: hǝlbo child's parent-in-law, hǝlin, hǝllin wife's brother

Kaling: helmö mother of son-in-law or daughter-in-law, helpö father of son-in-law or daughter-in-law

Kulung: helma f., helpa m.

Proto-Kiranti: *hèn

Meaning: sharp edged

Sunwar: heś-śo (<*hẽ-śo)

Tulung: hǝn-be sharp (of blade)

Kaling: hehpä sharp (knife)

Yamphu: jemma 'to be sharp'

Proto-Kiranti: *hép (~χ-)

Meaning: embrace

Kaling: 'hemnä ('heptu)

Limbu: hepmā (heptu) embrace, wrap up

Kulung: hemma

Yamphu: hepma

Proto-Kiranti: *her

Meaning: avoid

Sunwar: 'her-ca

Kaling: hesinä

Proto-Kiranti: *hè[r] ( ~ x-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dry

Kaling: hejnä (hendu) to dry

Limbu: hemā (heru) dry

Kulung: harma

Yamphu: he:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *het

Meaning: fall

Sunwar: et-ca 'fall'

Yamphu: heʔma