Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: tsirtunɨ

Grammar: vt-6a tsirta-tsiruy/tsirtu-tsirtɨ-tsirto

Meaning: urinate in a place or onto something.

Derivation: [ponently aspectivized tsirnɨ 'urinate']

Entry: tsitsim

Grammar: n.

Meaning: wife of father's younger brother

Comments: cf. phopho (1).

Entry: tsɨ

Grammar: expletive

Meaning: yes (emphatic)

Derivation: [< ɨtsɨ verily]

Comments: Tsɨ Nǝ! Yes siree! (Nep. pakkā ho! ).

Entry: tsɨʔɨ-bɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: bedbug, Cimex lectularius

Nepali: uḍus.

Entry: tsɨʔ́ri:lu

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: the Seeing Stone, one of several epithets for the mythological omniscient stone described as a shiny, polished perfectly flat slab of stone; the stone of yári:-tsɨʔ́ri: 'True Knowledge'

Derivation: [tsɨ? < tsɨknɨ vt-2a 'understand', lu 'stone']

Comments: cf. sampheʔlu, yári:lu.

Entry: tsɨknɨ

Grammar: 1) vi-1 tsɨkh/tsɨk 2) vt-1 tsɨkh/tsɨk

Meaning: 1) be, become, inchoative 'to be'; 2) happen to someone, be felt unto someone

Nepali: lāgnu, hunu.

Entry: tsɨknɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a tsɨkt/tsɨk-tsɨkh/tsɨk

Meaning: understand (with inanimate patient); know, be familiar with (with animate patient)

Nepali: bujhnu, cinnu

Comments: cf. koknɨ, tsennɨ.

Entry: tsɨkpɨ

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: knower, expert, specialist, connoisseur.

Derivation: [tsɨk- 'know' + -pɨ AP]

Entry: tsɨlɨbutsi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: small cauldron.

Entry: tsɨmrɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: backbone, spine, spinal column

Comments: cf. rɨtram. Cf. Kulung cir.

Entry: tsɨmrɨ-ma:si

Grammar: n.

Meaning: marrow of spinal column.

Derivation: [tsɨmrɨ 'backbone' + ma:si 'marrow']

Entry: tsɨmrɨ-sa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: backbone, vertebral column

Derivation: [tsɨmrɨ 'backbone' + sa:lu 'bone']

Comments: cf. rɨtram.

Entry: tsɨpnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-2a tsɨpt/tsɨp-tsɨph/tsɨp

Meaning: drench something by pouring water out over it, pour out over something in one go

Nepali: copnu

Comments: cf. ta:mnɨ.

Entry: tsɨ́rɨmbhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Bauhinia variegata

Nepali: koīrālā.

Derivation: [-bhu 'tree']

Entry: tsɨrnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vi-1 tsɨr

Meaning: be sour, taste sour

Nepali: amilo hunu

Comments: cf. kha:nɨ, li:mnɨ, tsɨrpɨ.

Entry: tsɨrpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: lemon, citrus fruit

Nepali: kāgatī.

Derivation: [< tsɨrnɨ 'taste sour']

Entry: tsɨrpɨ

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: sour

Nepali: amilo.

Derivation: [AP < tsɨrnɨ 'taste sour']

Entry: tsokpɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the brownish, ruddy variety of the rhesus monkey Macaca mulata, often seen on cliffs and precipices (dha:mro: )

Nepali: bāʔdhar

Comments: cf. raŃke:ni.

Entry: tsoksi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: lip

Nepali: oṭh (Eastern Nep. õṭh ).

Entry: Tsomdam

Grammar: n.

Meaning: four-day ceremony which constitutes the fourth and last festival in the four-year festival cycle of the Na:ghɨ. The Tsomdam is the most elaborate of the Na:ghɨ festivals and includes the name giving ceremony (nɨ wa:tnsinɨ ) during which all young Dumi who have not yet been named are given a name by the head shaman. The Tsomdam may be followed by a two-day Nukhil dhyǝknɨ ceremony

Comments: [< -dam 'prayer ritual'] cf. Dibudam, Moʔo, Na:ghɨ, nɨ wa:tnsinɨ, nukhil dhyǝknɨ, Ti:dam, Tsi:dam.