Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *dV (/*thǝ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: big

Sunwar: ṭhēbe

Kaling: dumbu husband

Limbu: tā big, the- in theluŋ big stone, thebā grandfather

Kulung: dema v., depa adj. ; tuppo husband

Yamphu: tuba 'grandfather', tuma 'grandmother'; thappa 'big; old man; husband'; thaʔma 'old woman; wife'

Comments: Perhaps 2 roots, somewhat mixed up: *thǝ in S ṭhēbe, L the-, Y thappa (possibly = *thèn 'thick' q.v.); *dV in L tā, Kul de-, Y tu-. Toba *depu.