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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: paima
Grammar: vi-4 [1: pat- 2: pai- 3: pan-]
Meaning: leak, drip
Nepali: cuhinu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *Pét / *Pén
Meaning: sprinkle
Kaling: 'phennä sprinkle (EKg)
Comments: Van Driem gives the Limbu meaning as 'strangle; squeeze'; but cf. cōʔcōʔ phimmaʔ.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,
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Limbu dictionary :
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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 limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: piʔma
Stem: <pid- ; pit->
Grammar: v.intr.
Meaning: to well up, to spring from a source.
Nepali: pānī palāunu, umranu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pran
Meaning: pour, sprinkle
Tibetan: bran to pour out; sbron (p., f. sbran) to sprinkle, pollute, stain.
Burmese: phranh to sprinkle.
stibet-meaning,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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