Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔt[e]l

Meaning: uproot

Sunwar: 'tul-ca

Kaling: telnä (telu) weed, pull out

Kulung: delma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtèr

Meaning: cane, bamboo

Kaling: ter bamboo weft thread

Limbu: the split cane for making nets etc.

Kulung: deri

Comments: Derived from *[t]V̀r 'break, split' q.v.? Cf. also L tī cane.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtǝk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: loom

Sunwar: tō

Tulung: ḍɔ

Kaling: 'to

Limbu: thāk- (thākthākmā, -ktu weave; thākekwā, thākkemāsiŋ loom, thāknām string that holds loom)

Dumi: toʔo

Kulung: dɔ̄ bǝma

Yamphu: akma

Comments: Toba 92 *'do __-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtì (1), *ʔtì-s (-n) (2)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: egg(1), lay eggs (2)

Tulung: ḍi egg, ḍis- lay eggs

Kaling: ti egg (Toba 'ti ), tinä (ti) lay eggs

Limbu: thinmā (thindu) lay eggs, wā-thin egg

Dumi: tī

Kulung: dīma 'laj eggs', wā-di 'egg'

Yamphu: waʔiŋ 'egg', iŋma 'to lay eggs'

Comments: Toba 89 *'di.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtò (-t)

Meaning: to appear

Sunwar: 'ta-ca to see

Tulung: dö(p)- be shining (of seen or moon), appear

Kaling: twɔnnä (twɔj) be visible

Limbu: thomā (thoru) become bright

Kulung: daima

Yamphu: ä:ʔma

Comments: Cf. *thò(s).

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtòla

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: musk deer

Tulung: (AS) ḍǝla

Kaling: tolɔ

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtùŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: drink

Sunwar: tū-ca

Tulung: ḍu(ŋ)-

Kaling: tunä (tuŋu)

Limbu: thuŋmā (thuŋ)

Dumi: tɨŋnɨ

Kulung: dūma

Yamphu: uŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtúp

Meaning: beat (drum), play instrument

Sunwar: 'tap-ca

Tulung: ḍüp- (also to hammer,work metal)

Kaling: 'tamnä ('tubu)

Dumi: tɨpnɨ

Kulung: dumma; dumluŋ 'pounding stone'

Yamphu: upma 'to batter'

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtV

Meaning: beer

Tulung: ḍü

Kaling: ci (?)

Kulung: di

Comments: Toba 99 *di.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔù

Meaning: his,her,he

Tulung: u- his, her, he

Kaling: u- his, her, its

Limbu: hune he,she (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔu / *rʔu (?)

Meaning: field (dry)

Sunwar: rū

Kaling: 'u

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔum

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: put in mouth

Limbu: ummā (upsu) put in mouth

Kulung: umma

Yamphu: umma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔVŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: all

Yamphu: äŋ

Comments: The separate word appears to have been preserved only in Yamphu; other languages preserve it in the compound *khǝl-eŋ q.v.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔVs-

Meaning: yesterday

Tulung: basta

Kaling: amiski

Dumi: asina

Kulung: espa

Comments: Toba 99 *VsCV.

Proto-Kiranti: *ba-cǝ ( ~ bh-, -ǝ-, -o-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: husband

Tulung: bocü (AS) husband (now wocü under the influence of woscö man, see *[w]at-cǝ)

Limbu: phacā husband; (VD) yɛm-ba id.

Kulung: pusǝi

Proto-Kiranti: *bak-

Meaning: molar

Dumi: bakham

Kulung: bakkaŋ

Proto-Kiranti: *b[a]k (/*ʔp-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: be young, bear, hatch

Sunwar: 'pūk-ca 'to hatch'

Limbu: pakmaʔ

Dumi: bɨknɨ 'to bear young'

Yamphu: pa:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *baŋ

Meaning: nine

Limbu: phaNsi

Kulung: bɔ̄ci

Yamphu: ippoŋ 'ten' ('one'+*'nine')

Proto-Kiranti: *bä́ ( ~ *bǝ́, *bá)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: elder

Tulung: 'baw elder son or brother

Limbu: phu elder brother

Kulung: bu

Comments: In the comp. *bä́-wä́, see *wä́)

Proto-Kiranti: *bé

Meaning: knife

Tulung: bǝ- / be- in bǝlku (arch.) sword, bǝn smooth-edged sickle, belwa (AS beluwa) smooth-edged sickle ( = Kg 'belɔ)

Kaling: 'be- in 'belɔ sickle, 'betho kukri

Limbu: phe sword

Dumi: bīci

Kulung: belɔ 'sickle', bethɔ 'khukuri', (?) pha 'blade of a knife'

Comments: Toba 95 *bela.