Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: a:kkhya:k-idik

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: how long, until when

Derivation: [a:kkhya:k how much + idik a long time]

Comments: a:kkhya:k-idik kɛya:k Until when are you staying?

Entry: biha:ndik

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: in the morning

Derivation: [biha:n (< Nep. bihān) morning + -*dik period of day]

Comments: cf. idik, lɛndik, sɛndik, ya:ndik, yunchik and esp. ta:ndik.

Entry: -dik

Grammar: postp.

Meaning: contrastive individualizing nominal postposition

Comments: cf. ca:i$, dzik.

Entry: ɛnda:ndik

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: nowadays.

Derivation: [ɛn today + ta:ndik tomorrow]

Entry: hɛndik

Grammar: pro.

Meaning: something, what thing.

Derivation: [< hɛn what + -dik ind.sf.]

Entry: idik

Grammar: n.

Meaning: a long period of time, a long time

Derivation: [< -*dik period of day]

Comments: cf. biha:ndik, lɛndik, sɛndik, ta:ndik, yunchik.

Entry: midikmaʔ, mi-dig-/mi-dik-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: become burnt (of food which has been overheated), become charred.

Derivation: [< mi fire]

Entry: sɛndik

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: at night, from midnight to dawn

Derivation: [sɛn night + -*dik period of day]

Comments: sɛndik phɛnʔɛ I'll come after midnight; cf. anchɛn, cf. biha:ndik, idik, lɛndik, ta:ndik, yunchik.

Entry: ta:ndik

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: tomorrow

Derivation: [*ta:n morrow + -*dik period of day]

Comments: (the original meaning 'morrow' may have included 'morning' and a narrowing of this meaning to 'tomorrow' may have made room for the hybridized Nepali loan biha:ndik, q.v.); cf. biha:ndik, idik, lɛndik, sɛndik, yunchik, ya:ndik.

Entry: ta:ndik-atchɛnda:n

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: (lit. tomorrow - the day after tomorrow) one of these days

Comments: ta:ndik-atchɛnda:n tadzɛNm:bo:N [We'll] have to discuss it one of these days; cf. anchɛn-siNya:n.

Entry: ya:ndik

Grammar: n.

Meaning: free time, respite, leisure time

Derivation: [ya:n day + *-dik period of day]

Comments: ya:ndik ho:pmaʔ be busy, be without leisure time; ya:ndik ho:pʔɛ I am busy; ya:ndik tamaʔ be free, have leisure time; ya:ndik kɛdei:? Were you free?; ya:ndik taʔɛ I'll probably be free; cf. lɛndik, idik, sɛndik, ta:ndik, yunchik.

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