Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: khopnɨ

Grammar: vt-3 khuph/khup-khop

Meaning: winnow (e.g. lomdzom 'grain')

Nepali: cāmal, sāʔval

Comments: Nep. niphannu.

Entry: khopnɨp

Grammar: n.

Meaning: flat round winnowing basket

Nepali: nāŋlo

Derivation: [khop- < khopnɨ vt-3 'winnow' + -nɨp ʔ]

Comments: cf. khopbɨ.

Entry: Khopsi-Lɨkpa

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: the only begotten son of Mukuli-Ya:rita and Dakhɨli-Surita, the husband of Na:ghɨle:m.

Entry: khore

Grammar: n.

Meaning: anxiety, worry

Nepali: phikrī, surtā, cintā

Comments: with lɨnɨ vi-4 'be felt'.

Entry: khotlitnɨ

Grammar: vi-3 khuts/khus-khot + vi-3 lits/lis-lit

Meaning: go away, leave

Nepali: jāi jānu.

Derivation: [discessively aspectivized khotnɨ 'to go', from intransitive litnɨ 'to cut']

Entry: khotnɨ

Grammar: vi-3 khuts/khus-khot

Meaning: 1) go, go away

Comments: HaNkhutsɨm It has completely dried out; ɨnɨ ri:yɨ-kǝ thi:-khuts-a. Having gotten dizzy, he stumbled and fell; ɨnɨ tsa:mkhuts-a. He lost consciousness. (Nep. Usko jñān harāi gayo ).

Entry: khotnɨ

Grammar: vt-2a khod/khot-khots/khos

Meaning: bring up

Derivation: [dir. < khoNnɨ vi-3 'come up']

Comments: cf. ho:tnɨ vt-4, pitnɨ vt-2a, ta:nnɨ vt-5a.

Entry: khotnnɨ

Grammar: vt-5a

Meaning: profferative aspectivizer, e.g. Khip-khotnsi (Nep. pakāi die ) Theyd cooked it for them

Comments: vide 6.3.5; cf. sewa khotnnɨ.

Entry: khubo

Grammar: n.

Meaning: species of plant from which the Dumi make ri:bha 'rope' and is used by the Nepali to fashion Daphne paper (Nep. Nepālī kāgat )

Nepali: lokatā, lokato

Comments: cf. arghe:li.

Entry: khúdu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: notched log or bamboo trunk used as a ladder

Nepali: lisnu, bharyān%.

Entry: khúduku

Grammar: vide khúdu.

Comments: [attested in Ciurīkharka only] vide khúdu.

Entry: khur

Grammar: n.

Meaning: hand

Derivation: [attested in Sasarkā only]

Comments: vide khɨr.

Entry: khyoknɨ

Grammar: vt-2a khyokt/khyok-khyokh/khyok

Meaning: 1) hang up, suspend (e.g. a khoksɨm onto a post or pillar); 2) hitch up (livestock to a post)

Nepali: jhunḍyāunu.

Entry: -ki

Grammar: sf.

Meaning: (emphatic perfect gerund attached to verb) as soon as, just as.

Derivation: [< -kǝ pfG]

Entry: kiki

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) maternal uncle, older than mother; 2) maternal uncle, irrespective of age with respect to mother.

Derivation: [2 - in Sasarkā only]

Comments: 1) cf. kira, ma:idzu, nono, te:te:m (1)

Entry: killik-killik

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Adam's apple, the lump caused by projecting thyroid cartilage in men's throats.

Entry: ki:

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: tuber, radish, potato

Nepali: tarūl, ālu

Comments: cf. khoksi, pa:lkokti.

Entry: ki:khepkö

Grammar: n.

Meaning: potato tarkārī

Nepali: ālū ko tarkārī

Derivation: [ki: 'potato, tuber' + khep- < khepnɨ 'chop, mince' + kö 'cooked vegetables' (Nep. tihun )]

Comments: cf. Na:lkö.

Entry: ki:m

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: house

Nepali: ghar.

Entry: ki:mbinlu

Grammar: n.

Meaning: one of the three stones comprising the sɨptɨlu (q.v.), the stone situated away from the wall and nearest to the main entrance

Derivation: [ki:m 'house', -bi loc.sf., -m nom.sf., lu 'stone']

Comments: cf. seyǝrlu.