Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: e:ʔyǝNba, e:ʔyaNba

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: other, another used like Dutch ander or Russian drugoj, not like English other or Nepali arko, eg.: e:ʔyʔNba pi:r-aN-ɛʔ! (other give-1sP-IMP) Give me another! [the implication is: I am not satisfied with the one I already have]

Comments: yammu-dhik pi:r-aN-ɛʔ! (again-one give1sP-IMP) Give me [yet] another! [the implication is: I have already finished the first one]; cf. thiksǝmma, wiʔsma.

Entry: ǝn

Grammar: n.

Meaning: horse.

Entry: ǝncha

Grammar: n.

Meaning: horsemeat.

Derivation: [ǝn horse + sa meat]

Entry: mǝna

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: man, person.

Entry: mǝna-nu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: nipple, breast

Derivation: [lit. human-nipple]

Comments: this compound disambiguates nu, which is homophonous with the 3s/NPT form of numaʔ 'be good' and with nu 'milk'.

Entry: mǝna-sidza

Grammar: n.

Meaning: housefly, Musca domestica.

Derivation: [lit. man-fly]

Entry: mǝne:thikmaʔ, mǝne:-thikt-/mǝne:-thik-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: mutter curses to oneself in anger, mumble invectives under one's breath.

Entry: mikciʔbǝnbǝn

Grammar: n.

Meaning: profuse purulent exudate or mucous secretion covering the eye resulting from an infection.

Derivation: [<mikciʔ eye exudate]

Entry: phɔgǝna

Grammar: n.

Meaning: bronze vaseshaped water vessel to drink from but not to be touched by the lips, also used for pouring water on hands or feet

Comments: Nep. lohoṭā, loṭā; cf. kho:rɛʔl, phɔgʔna tɔkkrima.

Entry: sɛʔbǝNba, sɛʔbɔNba

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: thigh; (of prepared fowl) drumstick.

Entry: si:pmǝnaba

Grammar: n.

Meaning: nickname for thi:, q.v.

Derivation: [nominalized PP of si:pmaʔ strain, filter]

Entry: yǝmmaʔ, -yǝnd-/-yǝn-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be large

Comments: cukʔi: yǝnʔi:ʔ Is it small or bigʔ