Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *pä(s) ( ~ *b(h)-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: vomit

Limbu: pēmaʔ

Kulung: pama

Yamphu: pe:ʔma (but cf. also emma, en-; wemma, wen- id.)

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: pe:maʔ, -pe:s-/-pe:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: vomit

Comments: cf. pe:ʔmaʔ, pe:ʔmaʔl.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: pama

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi-3 [1: pas- 2: pa-]

Meaning: vomit

Nepali: bāntā garnu.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: pe:ʔma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <pe:d- ; pe:t- ; pe:->

Grammar: v.intr.

Meaning: to vomit

Comments: sekkhäʔ.nuŋ pe:.nd.e. (be_inebriated.SOC vomit.NP.FCT) When one is drunk, one vomits.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pat

Meaning: vomit

Burmese: phat to vomit, LB *phatx.

Kachin: n-phat³ vomit.

Kiranti: *pä(s) ( ~ *b(h)-)

Comments: Matisoff 1972: 35. Coblin 130 compares OCh. 發 *pat (see under *P(r)ŏt).

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