Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: cɔtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: budge, move from one place to another

Derivation: [< cɔtmaʔ push from one place to another]

Comments: nam mɛse:knɛn - sɔpmaN se:k, sɔpmaN kha:kmiʔl cɔtchiN The sun's not shining - It'll start shining in a second, the cloud will move.

Entry: hɛnchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: boast (lit. appraise oneself)

Derivation: [< hɛmmaʔ appraise]

Comments: khɛN mʔna:n sa:rik hɛnduN That man boasts terribly.

Entry: hiNmaʔ, -hiN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be alive, live

Comments: kɛhiN kɛnchinɛn You'll live; you won't die; cf. hiNmaʔ.

Entry: hiNmaʔ, -hiNs-/-hiN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: rear, raise (livestock, children).

Derivation: [caus. < hiNmaʔ live]

Entry: i:tchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: reflect, contemplate.

Derivation: [< i:tmaʔ think, recall]

Entry: namphɛtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: let oneself dry off or dry up in the sun

Derivation: [< namphɛpmaʔ place out in the sun to dry]

Comments: nambhɛtchiNɛʔaN nɛ:sɛʔ! Just sit there and dry out in the sun!.

Entry: na:nchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: shit oneself, wet oneself, befoul oneself

Derivation: [< na:mmaʔ befoul]

Comments: get oneself dirty (eg. hiʔo: in shit, se:ʔmaʔl-o: in urine, hilo:ʔo: in mud); ɔnʔe:kwa nanchiNɛ The baby shit himself; smear onto one's body; kusa:n hi kɛrɛk na:nchiNɛ His son smeared himself all over with shit.

Entry: ni:tchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: 1) wake up, come to, come to consciousness; 2) count oneself

Derivation: [ni:pmaʔ study, count]

Comments: 1) kɛni:tchiNɛi:? Are you awake?; cf. po:kmaʔ 2)\x ni:tchiNaNi:? Did I not [forget to] include myself?

Entry: ɔ:mɔtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: look at oneself (eg. in a reflection).

Derivation: [< ɔ:mɔpmaʔ look at]

Entry: pɛnchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: form a queue, queue up, get in a line, line up next to

Derivation: [< pɛnmaʔ arrange in a line]

Comments: pɛnchiN-my-aN yuN-maʔ (line up-INF-pfG sit-INF); mɛbɛnchiNɛaN mɛyuNɛ They all sat down in a line.

Entry: pho:nchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: 1) hang oneself; 2) suspend oneself (eg. playfully from a branch).

Derivation: [< pho:mmaʔ hang]

Comments: 1) pho:nchiNɛ He hung himself

Entry: phɔtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: be in a hurry, make haste

Comments: kɛbhɔtchiNaN kɛsi ro:! You'll die if you keep up going at that pace!.

Entry: sɛtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: 1) be vain, conduct oneself vainly, be arrogant; 2) speak in obscurative slang, speak in riddles (Limbu is rife with secretive slang and cryptonyms)

Derivation: [< sɛtmaʔ pile up, build a wall]

Comments: 1) kɛsɛtchiN You're vain; kɔN a:kkhya:k sɛtchiNba! How vainly he conducts himself! 2) khɛnɛʔ sa:rik kɛsɛtchiNba kɛdzo:k You sure do speak in riddleś/ You really have a way with wordś

Entry: sɛtchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: commit suicide

Derivation: [< sɛpmaʔ kill]

Comments: sɛtchiNɛba He committed suicide.

Entry: thiNmaʔ, -thiNs-/-thiN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: masturbate (male); cause to flower or swell up

Derivation: [caus. < tiNmaʔ become erect]

Comments: cf. tiNmaʔ, thi:Nmaʔ.

Entry: wa:nchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: sway or slosh back and forth

Derivation: [< wa:mmaʔ sway back and forth]

Comments: pitnu kho:rɛʔlo: sa:rik wa:nchiNɛ The milk sloshed violently back and forth in the beaker.

Entry: wa:tchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: apply to oneself, put on

Derivation: [< wa:pmaʔ]

Comments: aNga casma wa:tchiNʔɛ I'll put on my glasses.