Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: khɨri-khɨri

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: crumbly, gristly.

Entry: khɨri-khɨri-sa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: cartilage, gristle.

Derivation: [khɨri-khɨri 'crumbly' + sa:lu 'bone']

Entry: khɨrnɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: shoulders (as seen from above), the upper surface of the shoulders

Derivation: [khɨr 'arm']

Comments: cf. bokto, khoʔkɨlsa:lu.

Entry: khlebu

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: dog hound

Nepali: kukur

Derivation: [attested in Ciurīkharka and Sasarkā only]

Comments: vide khi:bɨ, khi:bu.

Entry: kho

Grammar: conj.

Meaning: if

Nepali: bhane.

Comments: O:-tsili busta kho no:ta? And is it all right when I get all upset? [sarcastic chastisement by grandpa directed at the idle women]

Entry: khoʔkɨl-sa:lu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: clavicle, collarbone

Derivation: [sa:lu 'bone']

Comments: cf. khɨrnɨ.

Entry: khoʔo

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: year

Comments: tom khoʔo this year; ho:thiNtɨm khoʔo the coming year, next year; cf. adzǝNkhini, ańnamma, ańnamma-átsimma, átsimma.

Entry: khoʔsi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: cotton

Nepali: kapās.

Entry: khokribhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Saurauia nepaulensis

Nepali: gogan.

Derivation: [< -bhu 'tree']

Entry: khoksi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Calladium arumaciae, delicious and wholesome bite-sized waxy, potato-like tuber, cooked in its shaggy brown skin and peeled individually whilst eating

Nepali: pin5ḍālu.

Entry: khoksibhu, khoksikhɨribhu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Ficus religiosa

Nepali: pīpal.

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

Entry: khoksikhɨribhu

Comments: vide khoksibhu.

Entry: khoksɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: bamboo wicker basket (Eastern Nep. maulā ), used as a receptacle for foodstuffs or utensils and suspended above the indoor fireplace of a Dumi household

Comments: cf. pɨktsɨm.

Entry: khoktarɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Ficus semicordata

Nepali: khaniũ, khanyū

Comments: khanāyo, cf. kupbusɨ.

Entry: khoNnɨ

Grammar: vi-3 khuN-khoN

Meaning: come up

Nepali: māthi āunu

Comments: cf. hu:nɨ vi-2, pi:nɨ vi-1, ta:tnɨ vi-3.

Entry: kho:

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: pot, pan, cooking vessels (of all sorts)

Nepali: bartan

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā ]

Comments: cf. kobo, koptsa, selap.

Entry: khopbɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: flat circular winnowing basket

Nepali: nāŋlo

Derivation: [khop- < khopnɨ 'winnow' vt-3 + -bɨ ?AP]

Comments: cf. khopnɨp.

Entry: khoplɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: skull, esp. the top portion of the skull

Nepali: khappar

Derivation: [< khopnɨ vt-2a 'cap, cover']

Comments: cf. dǝkhlö-sa:lu.

Entry: khoplɨ-dɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: fontanelle.

Derivation: [khoplɨ 'skull' + dɨ 'cavity']

Entry: khopnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a khopt/khop-khuph/khup

Meaning: 1) plug up, cap, cover; 2) n., cover, cap

Nepali: ḍhakanā, birko.

Comments: 1) cf. depnɨ