Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *cVt (/ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to deride, mock

Limbu: sāpmaʔ

Dumi: cotnɨ

Kulung: cǝima (?)

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: sa:pmaʔ, -sa:tt-/-sa:t-/-sa:ʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: ridicule, mock, deride

Comments: kɛsa:ʔlɛi:? Are you making fun of me?

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: tsotnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a tsot-tsuts/tsus

Meaning: 1) move up 2) deride; get someone riled up, tease, mock (animate patient, e.g. dog, man, friend)

Nepali: 1) aghi sārnu; 2) gījāunu, calāunu, jiskyāunu.

Derivation: [dir. < tsonnɨ vi-5 'hop forward']

Comments: 1) ANa sɨ mi-bi tsotu I moved the log up a bit further into the fire

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: cǝima

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-4 [1: cǝi- 2: cǝiy- 3: cǝi-]

Meaning: tease, deride, harass

Nepali: jiskāunu, satāunu.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *căj

Meaning: play

Tibetan: rce (p. rces, i. rce(s)) to play, to sport, to joke, rced id.

Burmese: kǝćah to play.

Kachin: čai¹ to play.

Lushai: čai to try one's strength with another in play.

Kiranti: *cVt (/ʔc-)

Comments: Cf. also Jnp. zoi to joke, play tricks with. Ben. 65. Final -t in PK is perhaps a suffix; cf. the Kulung form without it.

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