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Entry: hɔ:maʔ, -hɔ:s-/-hɔ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: bark
Comments: maktaNba sa:rik hɔ:sɛ Blacky barked terribly.
Entry: hɔ:maʔ, -hɔ:s-/-hɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: puncture, burst open.
Derivation: [caus. < hɔ:pmaʔ burst open]
Entry: maNghɔ:maʔ, maN-ghɔ:y-/maN-ghɔ:-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: cry wildly or half-wittedly, rant and rave
Derivation: [< maN god + khɔ:- maʔ invoke, q.v.]
Comments: o:khre: maila yʔmmu maNghɔ: (ɔkhre Mahilā again rants) ɔkhre Mahilā is ranting and raving again; cf. maNkho:pmaʔ.
Entry: mɔ:maʔ, -mɔy-/-mɔ:-
Grammar: vt.imp.
Meaning: intoxicate, inebriate
Comments: khɛNhaʔ mɔy-u-si (they inebriate-3P-nsP) They are drunk; thi:-re kɛ-mɔy-ɛ (millet beer-ERG 2-inebriate-PT) The ja_ḍ has gotten you drunk; thi: mɛn-dhuN-ʔɛʔ hɛnaNbhɛlle thi:-re a-mɔ:! (millet beer NEG-drink-IMP because millet beer-ERG 1-inebriate) Don't drink millet beer because it gets you drunk!; mɔ:-ʔɛ (inebriate-1sPS/NPT) I'm getting drunk.
Entry: mɔ:maʔ, -mɔy-/-mɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: (with se:wa 'greetings') show obeisance, greet formally, bow
Comments: se:wa mɔ:maʔ wa: gɔrɔ se:wa mɔyammɛʔ! If you must proffer obeisance, then do so!
Entry: nɔ:maʔ, -nɔy-/-nɔ:-
Grammar: 1) vi. 2) vt.
Meaning: 1) be popped; be roasted, be grilled; 2) pop (ma:ki corn, maize); roast, grill (meat sa).
Comments: 1) ma:ki nɔyɛ The popcorn is done 2) cf. khe:kya:ʔ
Entry: ɔ:maʔ, -ɔ:s-/-ɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: drool, spit out, allow to fall down from the mouth to a surface below
Derivation: [caus. < ɔʔmaʔ break off]
Comments: ɔ:sɛʔ ɔ:sɛʔ! Spit it out, spit it out!; thɛʔl ɔ:maʔ let spit fall vertically from one's mouth; a-gha:kwɛʔl ɔ:s-u-N (1-phlegm drool-3P-1sA) I let my phlegm drip vertically down from my mouth to the ground; cf. tho:kmaʔ, -thɛʔl, sɔ:maʔ.
Entry: phɔ:maʔ, phɔy-/-phɔ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: braid, plait, intertwine (eg. thɛge:kʔi hair, pɔʔe:ʔl winnowing basket, lo:m- bhɛʔl a ma_dro, pɔkwa basket, khaʔnam strap of a thɔNga)
Comments: cf. lipmaʔ, tha:ktha:kmaʔ.
Entry: tɔ:maʔ, -tɔy-/-tɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: sew
Comments: te:ʔl tɔyuN I sew the clothes; cf. tɔʔmaʔ, thɔpmaʔ.
Entry: tɔ:maʔ, -tɔy-/-tɔ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: dig up
Comments: khe: tɔyuN I dig up white yam.
Entry: tɔ:maʔ, -tɔy-/-tɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: put a hole in something, make holes
Comments: cf. hɔNmaʔ.
Entry: khɔ:maʔ, -khɔ:y-/-khɔ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Meaning: I) chant, pray, utter incantations, perform a religious service II) address, invoke, commune with the gods
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