Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *Pét / *Pén

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sprinkle

Kaling: 'phennä sprinkle (EKg)

Limbu: phimmā (phindu) id.

Kulung: paima 'leak, drip'

Yamphu: piʔma 'to well up'

Comments: Van Driem gives the Limbu meaning as 'strangle; squeeze'; but cf. cōʔcōʔ phimmaʔ.

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: phimmaʔ, -phind-/-phin-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) strangle 2) squeeze something out, squeeze the juice out of something (eg. kudzaʔ fruit, ho:ʔ furuncle, yaNghe:k wound); 3) depress (a lever, eg. a ḍhiki, q.v.); 4) co:ʔco:ʔ phimmaʔ vide mɛpma (3).

Comments: 1) ku-sikla-ʔo: phind-u-N (his-throat-LOC strangle-3P-1sA) I strangled him; ku-sikla-ʔo: mɛ-bhind-u mɛ-sɛʔr-u mu (his-throat-LOC nsAS-strangle-3P nsAS-kill-3P REP) It is said that/They say that they strangled him to death; khɛN mǝna:n phindu He strangled that man; 2) cf. cɔmmaʔ, immaʔ, phɛpmaʔ, phipmaʔ 3) cf. phɛNmaʔ

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: paima

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi-4 [1: pat- 2: pai- 3: pan-]

Meaning: leak, drip

Nepali: cuhinu.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: piʔma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <pid- ; pit->

Grammar: v.intr.

Meaning: to well up, to spring from a source.

Nepali: pānī palāunu, umranu

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pran

Meaning: pour, sprinkle

Tibetan: bran to pour out; sbron (p., f. sbran) to sprinkle, pollute, stain.

Burmese: phranh to sprinkle.

Kiranti: *Pén (/*Pét)

Comments: Cf. *[Pŭ]r.

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