Entry: lɨnɨ
Grammar: vi-4 lo:-lɨ-lu
Meaning: 1) (inceptive pseudo-aspectivizer with infinitive) to commence, to begin, to start; 2) (conjugated impersonally) be felt unto someone, make itself felt unto someone; (conjugated personally) feel like, feel: 2a) so:ʔwa lɨnɨ be hungry unto someone; 2b) kɨmin lɨnɨ be thirsty unto someone; 2c) so:ʔyǝmbɨ ('famine') lɨnɨ be in effect, be going on (of a famine); 2d) di:r lɨnɨ feel pleasure, enjoy, like; 2e) minnɨ lɨnɨ to remember; 2g) dzuʔu lɨnɨ feel cold 2h) khǝtn lɨnɨ feel ashamed, be put to shame 3) perform, do (in lexicalized combinations): 3a) bele lɨnɨ goof around, loaf off 3b) le: lɨnɨ sing 3c) mintǝlǝlǝ lɨnɨ be deeply engrossed in thought, be pensive 3d) (with ghɨmɨ spinning) twirl about, rotate along an axis
Nepali: 2) lāgnu
Derivation: 1) vide 6.3.12; setnɨ luyi They began to kill; Nyetnɨ lo: It began to ache; 2d) O:ʔimsi di:r lo: I like to sleep; 2e) Aminnɨ lo: You remembered; O:minnɨ lo:ta I shall remember; cf. minnɨ vt-2a (2); 2f) AN wǝm lo:ta I'm hot; cf. wǝm; 2h) cf. ya:tnsinɨ; 3d) ghɨmi lo:ta It's starting to spin; cf. ranta, rantam, ri:nɨ vi-1.
Comments: Nep. 2d) man lāgnu 2h) lāj lāgnu; 3) barālnu; 3c) socāī garnu, vicār garnu. For lɨnɨ 'start' cf. perhaps Yamphu li:ma id.
