Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔks-/-hɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: search, look for

Comments: (also used as an intimidating threat: kɛhɔkswi:? lit. 'are you looking for something?'); cf. ko:pmaʔ.

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be pierced, be bored (a hole)

Derivation: [< hɔN hole]

Comments: cf. hɔNmaʔ.

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔNs-/-hɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: pierce, bore a hole

Derivation: [caus. < hɔNmaʔ q.v.]

Comments: nɛghɔ mɛhɔNsu They pierced their ears; cf. tɔ:maʔ.

Entry: kɔNmaʔ, -kɔks-/-kɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: get unsure footing

Comments: kɔks-aN-aN kɛN-aN (get unsure footing-1sPS/PT-pfG stumble and fall-1sPS/PT) My footing became unsure, and I stumbled and fell.

Entry: lɔNmaʔ, -lɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: chip off, flake off (of plastered on adobe pi:nda).

Entry: ɔNmaʔ, -ɔks-/-ɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: pull free, unstick, unglue, pull loose

Derivation: [caus. < ɔkmaʔ become unglued]

Comments: cf. khimmaʔ.

Entry: pa:npɔNmaʔ, pa:n-pɔks-/pa:n-pɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: gossip, agitate, instigate

Derivation: [pa:n word + pɔNmaʔ vt. carry]

Comments: kɔN mǝna:n ca:ʔrik pa:npɔN That man really agitates/gossips.

Entry: pɔNmaʔ, -pɔg-/-pɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: (of the wind) begin to blow, kick up, start up

Comments: suriʔl pɔg-ɛ ro:! (wind kickaup-PT ASS) The wind has kicked up!

Entry: pɔNmaʔ, -pɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be broken up (of a hāṭ-bajār), get up and leave

Comments: cumluN pɔNɛi: nɛi:? - mɛbɔNɛ mɛghɛʔrɛ Has the hāṭ-bajār been broken up or is it still going on? - They've all gotten up and left; cf. po:kmaʔ (3).

Entry: pɔNmaʔ, -pɔks-/-pɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) lift up with one's hand, carry in one's hand; push upward with one's hand, carry across one's shoulder using one's hands; 2) carry away, carry off (agent: current of water)

Derivation: [caus. < pɔNmaʔ q.v.]

Comments: 1) mɛndaʔsaʔlin pɔksu te:ʔru He carried off the kid; cf. ku:maʔ, pa:n kɛbɔNba 2) cf. wade:mmaʔ.

Entry: phɔNmaʔ, -phɔks-/-phɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: let go off, allow to explode (timmǝk rifle, bǝm bomb)

Derivation: [caus. < phɔkmaʔ go off, erupt]

Comments: timmǝk mɛbhɔksu, allɔ aNga phɔksuN They fired the rifle, now I'm going to fire the rifle.

Entry: sɔNmaʔ, -sɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be cooked, be done (cooking)

Comments: tɔk sɔNɛi:ʔ (rice be done-PT-Q) Is the rice done?; kɛsɔNba co:k It's done; cf. sɔNmaʔ.

Entry: sɔNmaʔ, -sɔNd-/-sɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: make done (food), cause to become done (food)

Derivation: [dir. < sɔNmaʔ be done]

Comments: cf. tho:kmaʔ.

Entry: sɔNmaʔ, -sɔNs-/-sɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) sell (with inanimate patient); 2) rip someone off, dupe, defraud, take advantage off (with animate patient)

Comments: 2) amsɔN amdza: (1-nsAS-rip off 1-nsAS-perform) They'll rip us off.

Entry: tɔNmaʔ, -tɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: meet, fit, make sense, be correct or fitting, come together, be reconciled

Comments: cumdzum tɔN-amm-ɛʔ! (friend-friend be reconciled-2p-IMP) Make up and be friends again!; mɛdɔNnɛn It doesn't make sense, that's not correct; cf. tɔNmaʔ.

Entry: tɔNmaʔ, -tɔns-/-tɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: fit together, make fit, repair, arrange, reconcile

Derivation: [caus. < tɔNmaʔ]

Comments: siN cukpa tumba tɔNs-u-N (wood small large make fit-3P-1sA) I made the two uneven pieces of wood fit; tɔNba ke:mba tɔNs-ɛʔ! (long short make fit-IMP) Make the long and short one fit!; cum-haʔ tɔNs-am-s-ɛʔ! (friend-p reconcile-2p-nsP-IMP) Get them to make up and be friends again!

Entry: thɔNmaʔ, -thɔks-/-thɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: shake up and down in small vertical increments whilst holding the pɔʔe:ʔl or winnowing basket level

Comments: ammare nuba haguba mɛnnuba haguba thɔksu Mother is shaking up and down the well husked and the poorly husked [grain] in the winnowing basket; cf. ammaʔ, ɛkmaʔ, ɛpmaʔ.

Entry: thɔNmaʔ, -thɔks-/-thɔN-

Grammar: I) vi. II) vt.

Meaning: I) engage in combat, go off to war; II) 1) incite to fight, instigate someone to fight, agitate; 2) make eyes at, have one's eyes meet, flirt through eye contact

Derivation: [caus. < thɔkmaʔ clash]

Comments: II) 1) thɔksuNsiN I incited them to fight; 2) mik thɔksɛtchu They made eye contact.

Entry: thɔNmaʔ, -thɔNd-/-thɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be or feel bloated

Comments: kɛsappo:kʔin thɔNdɛi:? Does your stomach feel bloated?; kuhukʔin thɔNdɛ Her hand is swollen; kɛlaNin thɔNdɛ rǝcǝ Your leg appears to be swollen; cf. hɔmmaʔ.

Entry: thɔNmaʔ, -thɔNs-/-thɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: compare

Comments: mɛdhɔNsu They'll compare it.