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Entry: phimmaʔ, -phind-/-phin-

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

Entry: phimma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <phin-/phiss- ; phin->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: 1) to squeeze, to hold tight; 2) to seize; 3) to milk (a cow or goat).

Nepali: nicornu

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