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Entry: nam, na:m

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sun, sunshine

Comments: cf. liNma, nam tha:ma under tha:maʔ (5), tɔmaʔ, thamaʔ.

Entry: nam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: smell, aroma

Derivation: [< nammaʔ smell]

Comments: phuN-ille ku-nam nu (flower-GEN its-aroma be good) The flower smells good; cf. nammaʔ, namsuʔmaʔ.

Entry: nam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: basket handle.

Entry: nam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: smell, aroma

Derivation: [< nammaʔ smell]

Comments: phuN-ille ku-nam nu (flower-GEN its-aroma be good) The flower smells good; cf. nammaʔ, namsuʔmaʔ.

Entry: nam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: basket handle.

Entry: namʔiʔkho:ʔ

Comments: vide namdziʔkho:ʔ.

Entry: nambutthuN

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: lit. solar foam; foam originating from the left whilst churning, originating from clockwise rotation

Derivation: [nam sun + putthuN foam, cf. putthuN- wa]

Comments: cf. la:bbutthuN.

Entry: nambhɛrik

Grammar: adv.myth.

Meaning: lit. solar churning road

Derivation: [nam sun + phɛrik churning rod, q.v.]

Comments: churning clockwise, to the right; cf. la:bbhɛrik.

Entry: nambhɔr

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sunburn

Comments: nambhɔr lɔ:nd-ɛ-ba (sunburn come out-PT-IPF) [I've/he's/you've] got sunburned.

Entry: namca:ʔmaʔ, nam-ca:ʔr-/nam-ca:ʔ-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: warm oneself in the sun

Derivation: [nam sun + ca:ʔmaʔ]

Comments: khɛni hɛnaN namkɛndza:ʔrin? Why aren't you going to get any sun?; aNga namca:ʔɛ I'm going to go get some sun; cf. kaNsiNmaʔ, mica:ʔmaʔ.

Entry: namde:Ngu, namdhingo:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: rainbow; rainbowring around the sun (the latter type of rainbow is interpreted to be a gathering of deities (maNhaʔ) who debate on the death of some important person. The side of the rainbow which fades away first indicates the geographical direction in which the death is to occur)

Derivation: [< nam sun]

Comments: cf. iNwaʔ (3), la:bde:Ngu, waʔmaʔma (2).

Entry: namdha

Comments: vide namtha.

Entry: namdhanahaN

Grammar: 1) n. 2) adv.

Meaning: 1) west; 2) in the west, westward.

Derivation: [namdha west + *nahaN direction]

Entry: namdhe:ʔl

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the borderline between shadow and sun

Derivation: [nam sun + *the:ʔl threshold, cf. lamdhe:ʔl]

Comments: namdhe:ʔlin a:tto: kɛʔrɛ? How far has the sun gotten (How much has the shade-line receded)?; cf. namdziʔkho:ʔ, samrippa.

Entry: namdhiNgo:

Comments: vide namde:Ngu.

Entry: namdziʔkho:ʔ, namʔiʔkho:ʔ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: shade, shadow

Derivation: [nam sun, dziʔ < ci:kma cool off, kho:ʔ < kha:kmaʔ congeal; cf. kha:kmiʔl, kha:kwɛʔl, le:gha:k, migha:k, mikho:ʔ]

Comments: cf. namdhe:ʔl, samrippa.

Entry: namɛNghɛmmʔna

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: be obstinate, be unlistening, pretend not to hear

Derivation: [na face + NGP of khɛmmaʔ 'to hear']

Comments: cf. nadha:kkriN.

Entry: namla:Nma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: drought

Derivation: [lit. sun-dance]

Comments: namla:Nma wɛndu There's a drought.

Entry: nammaʔ, -nam-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: smell

Comments: pɔ:ʔl pɔ:ʔl kɛnamɛ You smelled like fungus; hi hi kɛnam You smell like shit; cf. nammaʔ, namsuʔmaʔ.

Entry: nammaʔ, -nams-/-nam-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: smell

Derivation: [caus. < nammaʔ smell]

Comments: phuNin namsuN I smell the flower; namsɛʔ! - hi nam laʔba smell [vt.] it! - (refusing) it probably smells [vi.] like shit; cf. khɛmmaʔ.

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