Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *ja

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: land, earth

Tulung: jē unirrigated field, land, wa-je lowland, ba-ja land, earth, floor

Kaling: -jɔ in bhɔjɔ place, ground, earth, wɔjɔ lowland

Kulung: ji 'dry field'

Comments: Toba 90 *yu (erroneously comparing Kal. 'u).

Proto-Kiranti: *jà

Meaning: magic

Tulung: jum magic power,

Kaling: jɔm great shaman

Limbu: jābā exorsist, jāmā female exorsist

Proto-Kiranti: *jàk ( / *jáŋs)

Meaning: strike

Tulung: jak- strike, lop (branches from tree); castrate (rare)

Kaling: 'jɔnä ('jɔhtu)

Limbu: jāŋmā (jāŋkhu) get hit

Proto-Kiranti: *jà(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: tickle

Tulung: ja-siki (AS ja-cike), ja-m tickle, feeling of being tickled

Kaling: jo-n lünä be ticklish

Limbu: jokmā (jogu) tickle

Kulung: jama

Proto-Kiranti: *jak

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: anger

Limbu: jak

Comments: Attested only in Limbu, but having reliable external parallels.

Proto-Kiranti: *jak ( ~ r-)

Meaning: to be, stay, remain

Limbu: jākmaʔ

Yamphu: jakma

Proto-Kiranti: *jàk, *jak-ki

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: small

Tulung: jakke small

Kaling: jɔhki small, soft (voice)

Limbu: mi-jāk, jāk a little, almost

Proto-Kiranti: *jàl

Meaning: strike

Tulung: jal- strike, hit

Kaling: jɔlnä (jɔlu) hit

Yamphu: je:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *jàŋ

Meaning: behind

Kaling: jothɔ back, behind, after

Limbu: jāŋsi afterwards, jāŋā behind

Dumi: jō

Proto-Kiranti: *jàŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sift

Tulung: jɛ- shake, sieve

Kaling: jɔnä (jɔŋu) (Toba 'jak- 'shake')

Limbu: khedum-joŋmā (-joŋu) sieve flour (khedum flour)

Kulung: jɔ̄ma

Comments: Toba 95 *yak-.

Proto-Kiranti: *jaŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: light, lift up

Limbu: jɔŋmaʔ, -jɔŋ- 'lift up', jɔŋjɔŋ 'lightweight'

Yamphu: jaŋma 'to carry in hand'

Proto-Kiranti: *jaŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: nest

Kaling: jaŋ

Dumi: ɨjō

Kulung: jɔ̄ŋ

Yamphu: jaŋsaŋ

Comments: Toba 93 *yaŋ. Initial ɨ- in Dumi is unclear.

Proto-Kiranti: *jaŋ (?/*jak)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fly (n.) (in compounds)

Tulung: sömu

Kaling: sɔjɔme

Limbu: joŋnābā

Kulung: cǝiǝmma

Comments: Toba 90 *caymV.

Proto-Kiranti: *jä̀

Meaning: blade

Limbu: ja edge, jāmbe edge of blade, jārāpmā to sharpen

Kulung: ja

Proto-Kiranti: *jäk ( ~ r-, /-ŋ)

Meaning: to chew

Limbu: yɛ̄ŋmaʔ

Yamphu: jä:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *jem / *jep(s)

Meaning: become worn out

Kaling: jemnä (jemu) to wear out, be weak from sickness; eps- be worn down (of plough tip, of a man's fortune)

Proto-Kiranti: *jǝk

Meaning: feed

Dumi: jǝknɨ

Kulung: jɔma

Proto-Kiranti: *jíc₁u (<jú-c₁ǝ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: rat

Sunwar: j́icu

Tulung: jucü, hicü pine marten

Kaling: ispö (CSDP 'ispö)

Limbu: subā (<*jisubā = K 'ispö)

Dumi: ɨspɨ

Kulung: chuwi

Yamphu: siʔnuma (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *jík

Meaning: grind

Tulung: jik-, hik- turn round, grind (grain on handmill), jǝk- pulverise, grind up (as salt, chili)

Kaling: 'junä ('jigu) grind, grain

Dumi: jɨknɨ

Kulung: jīma

Yamphu: i:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *jo

Meaning: also

Sunwar: jo

Tulung: o, wo