Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: repboknɨ

Grammar: vi-3 rip-rep + vi-1 bokh/bok

Meaning: keep on standing

Nepali: ubhi basnu

Derivation: [perseveratively aspectivized repnɨ 'stand']

Comments: cf. repdzunɨ.

Entry: repdzɨnɨ

Grammar: vi-3 rip-rep + vi-4 dzo:-dzɨ-dzuy/dzu

Meaning: remain standing, be standing

Nepali: ubhi rahanu

Derivation: [duratively aspectivized repnɨ 'stand']

Comments: cf. repboknɨ.

Entry: repmɨtnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a rep mɨd/mɨt-mɨts/mɨs

Meaning: persuade, make someone see it your way

Nepali: bujhāunu.

Derivation: [< repnɨ vt-2a 'obey, heed']

Entry: repmɨtnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a rep mɨd/mɨt-mɨts/mɨs

Meaning: stand something up

Nepali: ubhyāunu.

Derivation: [< repnɨ vi-3 'stand']

Entry: repnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-3 riph/rip-rep

Meaning: stand

Nepali: ubhinu.

Entry: repnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a rept/rep-riph/rip

Meaning: (with -bi locative) obey someone, agree with someone, heed what someone says, consent to what someone says or demands

Nepali: ternu

Derivation: [dir. < repnɨ vi-3 'stand']

Comments: cf. khi:tnɨ.

Entry: rewo

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) elder brother's wife's younger brother; 2) elder sister's husband's younger brother; 3) younger brother's wife's elder brother; 4) younger sister's husband's elder brother

Comments: 1) cf. baudzɨm, rime; 2) bhenǝm, rime; 3) cf. delme, rime; 4) cf. moksu, rime.

Entry: rǝlnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-3 rul-rǝl

Meaning: husk (kernels from the cob; patient: muluswasi 'maize')

Nepali: carāunu.

Entry: rǝNgǝli:m

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the disincarnate spirit of a man or woman who has died an inauspicious death

Comments: cf. hilisiʔim, hoNsa, lu:, mo:mǝrǝNdi, mo:mǝsiʔim, rǝNgǝli:m, sa:yɨ.

Entry: rikdzɨnɨ

Grammar: vi-1 rik + vi-4 dzo:-dzɨ-dzuy/dzu [duratively aspectivized riknɨ 'sway

Meaning: rock', cf. ibdzɨnɨ ] keep on swaying back and forth, keep on rocking to and fro

Nepali: uchiṭti basnu, charkāi basnu.

Entry: riknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-1 rik

Meaning: sway, rock.

Entry: riknɨ

Grammar: vt-2a rikt/rik-rikh/rik

Meaning: strew, scatter, disperse

Nepali: sārnu.

Entry: riknsunɨ

Grammar: vt-6a riksa-riksuy/riksu-riksɨ-rikso

Meaning: scatter around the place, strew around

Nepali: sāri paṭhāunu.

Derivation: [dimittively aspectivized riknɨ 'scatter, disperse']

Entry: rim

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: snow.

Derivation: [< remnɨ vi-3 ri:m-rem 'be cold, cool off']

Entry: Rimdu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Dumi family name of the Bɨ́rösmi: clan

Comments: cf. supeʔ.

Entry: rimdzɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: snow (on the ground), ice.

Derivation: [rim 'snow' + dzɨ- reportedly 'fall']

Entry: rimdzɨ-bhöri:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small musk deer, Moschus chrysogaster

Nepali: kasturī.

Derivation: [rim 'snow' + dzɨ- < dzunɨ 'eat' + bhöri: 'deer']

Entry: rimdzɨ-kɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: glacial meltwater.

Derivation: [rimdzɨ 'snow' + kɨ- 'water']

Entry: rime

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) elder brother's wife's younger sister; 2) elder sister's husband's younger sister; 3) younger brother's wife's elder sister; 4) younger sister's husband's elder sister

Comments: 1) cf. baudzɨm, rewo; 2) cf. bhenǝm, rewo; 3) cf. delme, rewo; 4) cf. moktsu, rewo.

Entry: Ri:be:m

Grammar: 1) n.myth. 2) n.

Meaning: 1) the Primordial Mother, the mother of Na:ye:m; 2) leafless yellow parasitic creeper without roots, Cuscuta reflexa, found as an epiphyte on green shrubs and trees, esp. in the crowns of plum trees (Nep. biyar )

Nepali: ākās!belī

Comments: the plant is a metaphor for the Primordial Mother; great significance is attributed to the appearance of the creeper and to its lack of roots; the ri:be:m has the appearance of a complex stringy intertwined entanglement which reflects the mystery and unfathomable complexity of the universe as a whole; its lack of a base and lack of a top gives it the appearance of having neither beginning nor end; the Dumi parallel to the Egyptian goddess Nut; it is believed that bathing in the juice derived by crushing the ri:be:m creeper helps to alleviate jaundice; cf. mindiri.