Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: caksiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: get dressed, put on (clothes, not jewelry or ornaments)

Derivation: [cakmaʔ dress someone]

Comments: anchi caknɛtchi Let's get dressed.

Entry: ciNmaʔ, -ciks-/-ciN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: hide, conceal.

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: hi:siNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: turn about, look back, look around

Derivation: [< hi:maʔ, q.v.]

Comments: hi:siNaN ɔ:mɔttuN I turned around and looked; hi:siNɛʔ! Turn around!/Look back!

Entry: huʔsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: 1) learn, teach oneself; 2) teach each other.

Derivation: [< huʔmaʔ teach]

Entry: humsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: go underwater; drown oneself.

Derivation: [< hummaʔ sink]

Entry: imsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: take shelter for the night.

Derivation: [< immaʔ sleep]

Entry: iNmaʔ, -iN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: become known, spread (of news), become common knowledge

Comments: cf. iNmaʔ.

Entry: iNmaʔ, -iN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: buy, purchase.

Entry: iNmaʔ, -iNs-/-iN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: spread news, make known; slander, malign

Derivation: [caus. < iNmaʔ become known]

Comments: kɛrɛk iNsu rǝcǝ I see he's told everything.

Entry: i:tchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: reflect, contemplate.

Derivation: [< i:tmaʔ think, recall]

Entry: kaNsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: dry oneself by the fire (eg., after coming in from the rain)

Derivation: [< kaNmaʔ vt., dry at the edge of a fire]

Comments: cf. mica:ʔmaʔ.

Entry: ku:siNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: load or strap onto one's back in order to carry.

Derivation: [< ku:maʔ carry on one's back]

Entry: liNmaʔ, -liN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: climb

Comments: cf. liNmaʔ.

Entry: liNmaʔ, -liNs-/-liN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: 1) (of the sun) suddenly begin to shine, come up over the horizon or from behind a mountain, break through the clouds; 2) grow (of plants)

Derivation: [caus. < liNmaʔ climb] (?)

Comments: 1) nam liNsɛ The sun broke through [eg. the clouds], the sun rose 2) ma:ki liNsɛ The maize is growing; cf. po:maʔ.