Change viewing parameters
Switch to Russian version
Select another database

Kiranti etymology :

Search within this database
\data\sintib\kiret
Proto-Kiranti: *mè(n)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: woman, wife
Sunwar: 'mīś wife, mīś-mur woman
Tulung: -me in nay-me wife, mo-cü woman, mēsem woman, female
Kaling: mej, mesbä wife, melsem (with a strange -l-) woman
Limbu: me bride, met wife, menchimā woman, menchin young girl
Dumi: mēʔe
Kulung: mimcha 'woman'
Yamphu: meʔnami 'woman'
Comments: Toba 99 *melsem. For Kaling melsem cf. Limbu mēʔl (VD) 'wife'.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,

List with all references
Search within this database
Select another database

Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
68092913523281
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov