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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: hummaʔ, -hum-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: sink (into water); drown
Comments: cwaʔlo: humɛ It sank into the water; cf. hummaʔ, mi:kmaʔ.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *hùm(-s)
Meaning: fall
Sunwar: hem-ca fall off
Tulung: hum- drop, humsi- fall
Kaling: hamnā (hamŋɔ) fall of, drop
Limbu: hammā (hamsu) to drown
Kulung: humma
Yamphu: humma
Comments: For the irregular final in S cf. K hem-nä, hemdu disappear.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: humma
Grammar: vi-3 [1: hups- 2: hum-]
Meaning: fall from a height, fall down
Nepali: khasnu.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: humma I
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <hups- ; hum->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: 1) v.intr. to be buried 2) v.intr. to go under water, to get dunked, to get drowned 3) v.intr. & v.tr. to bury, to put in the ground 4) v.intr. & v.tr. to put under water, to dunk
Comments: 1) ak.peʔ yaʔmi hum.braʔa lä:.ye. (that.LOC person be_buried.PP be.FCT) People lie buried there. 2) hum.si.ghad.a. (get_dunked.ŋar.PROC.PT) He drowned. 3) yaʔmi hum.siʔ. (person bury.SUP) In order to bury somebody. 4) hum.häks.e. (dunk.INEF.MP) Dunk him under water.
Nepali: ḍubnu, gāḍnu, ḍubāunu
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