Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *lik

Meaning: string beads

Sunwar: 'līk-ca

Kaling: lu-ne (CSDP)

Proto-Kiranti: *lìm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sprout

Tulung: lim sprout, shoot, lim- to sprout, come up

Kaling: lam new blade of a plant, shoot; lamnä (lam) sprout, germinate

Limbu: liŋmā (liŋu) to sprout

Dumi: lemnɨ

Kulung: lim n., limma v.

Comments: Toba 96 *la_m-. Final -ŋ- in L is unusual: the word is homonymous with liŋ- 'shine', for which cf. perhaps Yamphu raŋ-ma id.

Proto-Kiranti: *liŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to climb

Limbu: liŋmaʔ

Yamphu: riŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *li(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: heavy

Sunwar: 'hel-śo (?< *'he-li-śo)

Tulung: lis- be heavy

Kaling: päli-pä (CSDF; KEg päl ipä)

Limbu: lip

Kulung: lima

Yamphu: ri:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *l[o]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: time

Tulung: -lo *time (as in bep-lo old age)

Kaling: -lo when (conj.)

Comments: See also *nǝ̀-lV 'daytime'.

Proto-Kiranti: *lòk-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: lend

Kaling: lok binä lend, lok phinä borrow (for a short period)

Limbu: lokha loan (as for a few days)

Yamphu: rokma 'borrow'

Proto-Kiranti: *lok

Meaning: prick, pierce; tooth

Tulung: lü, li tooth

Kaling: ŋa-lu tooth

Limbu: lokmā (loktu) to pierce

Dumi: ŋilō

Comments: Toba 98 * _lü.

Proto-Kiranti: *lom

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: search

Kaling: lwɔmnä (lomu) search, look for

Kulung: lamma

Proto-Kiranti: *loŋ

Meaning: shadow

Kaling: löŋmä

Kulung: lɔŋma

Comments: Toba 95 *loŋma.

Proto-Kiranti: *lót ( / *lón)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: pull out

Kaling: 'lwɔnnä ('lotu) pull out

Limbu: lopmā (lottu) expel, lɔmmā (lottu) take out, (lɔndu) get out

Comments: Cf. also *plut(-s).

Proto-Kiranti: *lɔ(k) ?

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: white

Kulung: ɔm-lɔ̄-pa

Proto-Kiranti: *lù

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: feel

Tulung: lü- feel, be affected

Kaling: lünä (lüŋɔ)

Dumi: lɨnɨ

Kulung: lǝma

Yamphu: lu:ma 'to be present, to be experienceable'

Proto-Kiranti: *lu

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sing

Tulung: lölam ( < *le-lu-m) voice

Kaling: lel ( < *le-lu) song

Limbu: sam-lō 'song', sam-lō-maʔ 'sing'

Dumi: lē lɨnɨ sing

Yamphu: sem-lu-ma 'song, (v.) sing'

Proto-Kiranti: *luk

Meaning: be finished, completed

Limbu: lukmaʔ

Yamphu: rukma

Proto-Kiranti: *lum

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: pit

Tulung: polüm pit

Kaling: 'kalam ditch, pit, valley (cf. 'kawɔ stream)

Kulung: khulum

Yamphu: khodoʔ-lumba 'pit', rummuk 'cave'

Proto-Kiranti: *lum

Meaning: pestle

Tulung: thɔlüm

Kaling: thɔlam

Dumi: tholɨ

Comments: The form may be reconstructed as *thàk-lum (see *thák hammer).

Proto-Kiranti: *lum, *hi-lum

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: middle, inside

Kaling: lüpphi 'centre'; lum liver, epigastrium, stomach

Limbu: lum centre, middle; lem spleen; hi-ra 'vagina'

Yamphu: hirum 'vulva'; rum 'middle'

Comments: STEDT 261-262 compares the 1st part with Tangkhul hai 'vulva', Mru kai id., Kham ca-kǝ 'vagina', reconstructing *hay ~ kay 'vagina'.

Proto-Kiranti: *ḷuŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: heart, liver

Sunwar: luŋgir heart (gir body)

Tulung: duŋ (AD düŋa) liver

Limbu: luŋmā liver

Dumi: lum

Kulung: luma

Yamphu: ruŋma 'stomach', ruŋmaǯuwa 'liver'

Comments: Toba 92 *lum. Cf. *hi-lum.

Proto-Kiranti: *lùŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: large, fat

Tulung: luŋ- grow fat (of human, piglet)

Kaling: luŋpä rich, strong, large

Proto-Kiranti: *lùŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: stone

Sunwar: phul-lu

Tulung: luŋ

Kaling: luŋ

Limbu: luŋ

Dumi: lu

Kulung: luŋ

Yamphu: ruŋguʔwa

Comments: Toba 96 *luŋ.