Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: tsǝpnɨ-so:sel

Grammar: n.

Meaning: paper for writing on

Derivation: [tsǝpnɨ 'write' + so:sel 'paper']

Comments: cf. bɨlɨ-so:sel.

Entry: tsǝrnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-3 tsur-tsǝr

Meaning: pay (patient agreement with recipient)

Nepali: tirnu.

Entry: tsiʔdam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: waist, girdle, loins

Nepali: kammar.

Entry: tsiʔi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: god, deity

Nepali: deva.

Entry: tsiʔsu

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the flank and the fleshy portion of the lower back, the general area surrounding the kidneys

Derivation: [tsiʔi 'god' + su 'meat'] [?]

Comments: this part of the body is so called because pains localized in this area are believed to be inflicted by angered deities and because the area is viewed as being particularly vulnerable, e.g. a stab with a dagger in this area is considered to be lethal.

Entry: tsikʔop

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: flea, Pulex irritans

Nepali: upiyāʔ.

Derivation: [op- < opnɨ 'hop (of insects)']

Entry: tsili

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: anger, ire, wrath

Nepali: rīs

Comments: cf. botnɨ vi-3, mɨnɨ vt-6a (6).

Entry: Tsimtso

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: one of the two avian escorts who took Na:ye:m from earth to the planet Venus, Ruwabhu

Comments: the other one was Paratɨ; both Tsimtso and Paratɨ are birds of the species known in Dumi as túkhisɨ (q.v.), probably Garrulax leucolophus.

Entry: tsin

Grammar: n.

Meaning: moment, instant, second.

Derivation: [< Nep. chin ]

Entry: tsi:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: millet beer

Derivation: [in the Mākpā dialect]

Comments: cf. ɨmma.

Entry: Tsi:dam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: three-day ceremony which constitutes the second festival in the four-year festival cycle of the Na:ghɨ

Derivation: [< -dam 'prayer ritual']

Comments: cf. Dibudam, Moʔo, Na:ghɨ, nɨ wa:tnsinɨ, nukhil dhyǝknɨ, Ti:dam, Tsomdam.

Entry: tsi:lǝ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: careful, alert, on the ball

Nepali: hośiyār, tejī.

Entry: tsi:lnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 tsi:l

Meaning: break open

Nepali: phornu.

Entry: tsi:mo

Grammar: n.

Meaning: deity, supernatural being

Nepali: devatā.

Derivation: [< tsiʔi 'deity']

Entry: tsi:Nnɨ

Grammar: vt-1 tsi:N

Meaning: hate

Nepali: ghröṇā garnu

Comments: cf. Limbu citmaʔ.

Entry: tsi:rambhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Maesa chisia

Nepali: bilāune rukh.

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā; -bhu 'tree']

Entry: tsipuli

Grammar: n.

Meaning: flint

Nepali: cakmak

Derivation: [attested in Sasarkā only]

Comments: cf. dzɨlöm, miʔǝpnɨ.

Entry: tsirdǝm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: female urethra

Derivation: [tsir- < tsirnɨ 'urinate' + -dǝm 'outlet, conduit, orifice', cf. i:gdǝm ]

Comments: cf. bha, ka:diʔ, li:, wa:l.

Entry: tsirkhɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: urine, piss

Nepali: piśāb

Derivation: [< tsirnɨ 'urinate']

Comments: cf. kaNkɨ-tsirkhɨm.

Entry: tsirnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-1 tsir

Meaning: pee, urinate

Nepali: muṭnu, pis!āb garnu.