Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: kobo

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small bowl for kö 'tihun'

Comments: cf. koptsa, kho:, selap.

Entry: kokda

Grammar: n.

Meaning: large spade with metal blade pointed diagonally away from the long wooden haft

Nepali: kodālo

Derivation: [kok < koknɨ 'dig', -da augm.sf. 'large']

Comments: see illustration; cf. koksa, kukdi, pɨ:khɨ: koknɨ.

Entry: koknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a kokt/kok-kokh/kok

Meaning: 1) dig with a spade, till the soil; strike (e.g. with a hammer or other implement) 2) strike (of a snake), peck (of a bird)

Nepali: 1) khannu 2) Nep. thun%nu.

Comments: 1) cf. dhunɨ, phɨnnɨ

Entry: koknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a kokt/kok-kukh/kuk

Meaning: cut

Nepali: kāṭnu.

Entry: koknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-3 kukh/kuk-kok

Meaning: know (with infinitive) how to do something

Comments: Tsǝpnɨ akukhɨ? Did you know how to write? ; (with animate patient) be up to someone's wiles or schemes, see through someone; Ana ɨm akukta You are up to his wiles; cf. tsɨknɨ, tsennɨ.

Entry: kokpɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: a knower, someone in the know.

Derivation: [kok- 'know' + -pɨ AP]

Entry: koksa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small spade with point of metal blade inclined toward the wooden haft

Nepali: cam-kodālo

Derivation: [kok < koknɨ 'dig', -sa dim.sf. < sa child]

Comments: see illustration; cf. kokda, kukdi.

Entry: kokte:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: lizard

Nepali: chepāro.

Entry: ko:phu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: face (of a man)

Nepali: mukh

Comments: cf. Na:yɨ.

Entry: kopmɨtnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a kop lɨd/mɨt-mɨts/mɨs

Meaning: cover someone with a blanket

Nepali: oḍāunu

Derivation: [< kopnɨ thatch; cf. Limbu -khaps-/-kham- 'cover oneself with bedclothes', -khapt-/-khap- 'tuck someone in, cover someone with bedclothes; thatch or re-thatch a roof:]

Comments: Ana ɨm kopmɨda! Cover him with a blanket!; cf. kamsinɨ vr.erg.

Entry: kopnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a kopt/kop-kuph/kup

Meaning: thatch

Nepali: chaunu.

Entry: kopsɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: trunk, culm (of bamboo); hollow trunk (of tree)

Nepali: khapaṭo

Comments: cf. phapoʔo.

Entry: koptsa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small bowl, especially for kö

Nepali: baṭuko

Derivation: [< kobo 'small bowl']

Comments: cf. kho:, selap.

Entry: kö

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: cooked vegetable dish to be eaten with dza:, esp. vegetable curry

Nepali: tihun.

Entry: kökɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sauce, gravy, juice

Nepali: jhol, ras

Derivation: [kö 'cooked vegetables' + kɨ 'water']

Comments: cf. kaNkɨ (2).

Entry: ku

Grammar: n.

Meaning: vide kɨ.

Derivation: [attested in the speech of middle-aged speakers of Dumi in the proper names of dhārās]

Entry: kukdi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sharp digging implement with a blade the shape of which is reminiscent of the beak of a spoonbill

Nepali: kuṭo, kuṭe

Derivation: [kuk- < koknɨ 'dig']

Comments: see illustration; cf. kokda, koksa.

Entry: kulɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: black

Derivation: [kulɨ < Nep. kālo + -m nom.sf.]

Comments: cf. dɨtǝm, hi:tǝm.

Entry: kupbusɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Ficus semicordata (also known as F. cunia, F. cunii)

Nepali: khaniũ, khanāyo

Derivation: [attested in Sasarkā only; sɨ 'wood']

Comments: vide khoktarɨ.

Entry: kursibhu

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the walnut tree Juglans regia

Nepali: okhar.

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