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Entry: cumde:N, -ndzum-
Grammar: -nde:N- n.col.
Meaning: friends and comrades, buddies.
Derivation: [cum friend + te:N < te:Nba comrade]
Entry: cumdzum
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: each other.
Derivation: [< cum friend]
Entry: cum, -ndzum-
Grammar: n.
Meaning: friend
Comments: vide kundzum; cf. cumde:N, te:Nba.
Entry: cumluN
Grammar: n.
Meaning: market, bazar.
Derivation: [< cum friend]
Entry: cummaʔ, -cups-/-cum-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: (of a hole) fill back in, close back up
Derivation: [caus. < cupmaʔ close up]
Comments: kuhɔNin cupsuN I closed [its] hole back up.
Entry: cummaʔ, -cups-/-cum-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: assemble, gather together, form a crowd, accumulate, become amassed
Comments: cupsi Let's get together!; yaN kɛrɛk cupsɛ All the money has accumulated; cf. summaʔ.
Entry: cuN
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: the cold (not the illness).
Entry: cuNdzi:kmaʔ, cuN-dzi:kt-/cun-dzi:k-
Grammar: 1) vi. 2) vt.imp.
Meaning: 1) be cold (environmental temperature); 2) be cold, feel cold to someone
Derivation: [< cuN cold (cf. cuNge:k) + ci:kmaʔ cool off]
Comments: 1) cuN-aN-mɛ-dzi:k-nɛn haN-aN-mɛ-wa-nɛn (be cold-also-NEG-be cold-NEG be warm-also-NEG-be warm-NEG) It is neither cold nor hot out 2) cuNdzi:ktaN I'm cold; cuNgɛdzi:ktɛi:? Are you cold?; cf. kɛdzi:ba.
Entry: cundzundaNba
Grammar: adj.
Meaning: soft, pudding-like, runny
Comments: a-hi-:n cundzundaNba co:k (my-shit-ABS runny be) my shit is runny; cf. kha:kkha:kwa.
Entry: cuNge:k
Grammar: n.
Meaning: the dry and cold season, the winter
Derivation: [< cuN cold, cf. cuNdzi:kmaʔ]
Comments: cf. wage:k.
Entry: cuNmaʔ, -cuN-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: wrestle; fight (physically)
Comments: The Limbu wrestling technique consists of attempting to throw one's opponent to the ground whilst both parties maintain a mutual embrace about each other's neck and shoulders. The victor ends up lying on top, vide thammaʔ; hɛndzaʔ mɛ-dzuN-ɛ (child nsAS-fight-PT) The children wrestled; a-dzuN-si-ʔi: aʔho:ʔ a-mphu-e:ʔ (1-wrestle-dPS-Q oh my my-elder brother-VOC) Oh my [expressing mock fear], are we going to wrestle, big brother?.
Entry: cupmaʔ, -cub-/-cup-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: (of a hole) close up, close back up, get filled in
Comments: cf. cummaʔ.
Entry: cupmaʔ, -cutt-/-cut-/-cuʔl
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: sprinkle, add a pinch of.
Entry: cupsaN
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: right (antonym: phɛnchaN left).
Entry: cupsaNba
Grammar: adj.
Meaning: right (as opposed to left).
Derivation: [< cupsaN right + -pa nom.sf.]
Entry: cupsaNdiN
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: to the right, clockwise.
Derivation: [< cupsaN right]
Entry: cwaʔl
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: water.
Entry: cwaʔl kɛlakpa
Grammar: n. + adj.
Meaning: (lit. water-licker) an epithet for the pe:niba or higher caste Nepali, alluding to their status of being pure caste (Nep. cokho jāt) or 'water-acceptable caste' (Nep. pānī calne jāt).
Derivation: [cwaʔl water + AP of lakmaʔ 'to lick']
Entry: cyaNya
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: on one's side
Comments: cyaNya imʔɛ I sleep on my side; cf. lɛrɛhaN, hɔʔpɛʔl.
Entry: cyɔʔcyɔʔ
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: in small amounts, in successive globs, in small batches.
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