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Proto-Kiranti: *ràrV ( < *la-ri?)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: seed, semen
Tulung: la-sa 'semen', bral 'seed'
Kaling: rɔru
Limbu: jārimbā
Dumi: rōrɨ
Kulung: la-ri
Comments: Toba 95 *bralu. Cf. *r[i] 'stalk' (*rà-rV is possibly an assimilation < *la-ri) and Belhare la-lik 'semen, sperm'. In STEDT 344-345 the Limbu form is separately compared with Tamang ŋja 'semen' which is quite impossible. Here perhaps also Kal. lɛhsbe, Dumi lǝncɨp 'man, male' (although the morphological structure is not quite clear).
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-notes,

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