Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *sip

Meaning: to milk, pour a little water

Limbu: sipmā (siptu) to milk

Yamphu: sipma 'to put a little water from one vessel into another', si:pma 'to pour off, to separate the fluid from the solids of a mixture'.

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: si:pmaʔ, -si:pt-/-si:p-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: filter, strain (as part of the distillation process)

Comments: thi: siptammɛʔ! (millet-beer strain-2p-IMP) strain the millet beer!; thi: mɛ-si:pt-u (millet beer nsAS-strain-3P) They strain the millet beer; cf. pupmaʔ, yumaʔ. [Cf. next].

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: sipma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <sib- ; sip->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to put a little water from one vessel into another.

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