Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *mùn

Meaning: be

Tulung: mun- be created

Kaling: muna (muŋɔ) stay, be

Limbu: mui life

Dumi: mɨnɨ 'to be; to do'

Kulung: mɨma 'do'

Proto-Kiranti: *mùnti

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ant (flying)

Sunwar: mimti

Tulung: mundi white ant

Kaling: mündi a large flying ant

Yamphu: minǯuwa 'fly' (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *murV

Meaning: smell

Tulung: 'mur

Kaling: mur

Limbu: mura perfume

Kulung: muri

Comments: Toba 96 *mur.

Proto-Kiranti: *mùt

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: blow

Sunwar: mujk-ca (with mouth)

Limbu: mupmā (muttu)

Kulung: muima

Yamphu: mi:ʔma

Proto-Kiranti: *mV

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: not

Sunwar: ma

Tulung: mi, me

Kaling: mu-

Limbu: me, men

Kulung: ma

Yamphu: maʔama

Comments: Toba 93 *mi. Cf. *mát.

Proto-Kiranti: *mV (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: many

Dumi: dumo:

Proto-Kiranti: *mV (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: smoke

Dumi: mo:-sɨsom

Proto-Kiranti: *mV(k)-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cloud

Tulung: muse

Kulung: mɔm

Comments: For -se in Tul cf. khase 'cloud' (see *Kám-); the structure of the Kulung form is not quite clear.

Proto-Kiranti: *na

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to rest

Limbu: na:mmaʔ (?)

Kulung: nɔmcima

Yamphu: na:ma

Proto-Kiranti: *na-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: that, there

Limbu: na: there, na:=khɛŋ that

Kulung: na:kǝ

Proto-Kiranti: *nàcar

Meaning: jealous

Tulung: nacör enmity

Kaling: nɔcɔr lünä be jealous

Proto-Kiranti: *nák

Meaning: soup

Tulung: nǝktü, naktü coarse soup, slop for animals

Kaling: 'nɔhtu

Kulung: nɔkthu 'porridge'

Yamphu: nakma 'prepare stodge', nakpa 'stodge'

Proto-Kiranti: *nak

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: night

Sunwar: nāk-do

Comments: If not borrowed < Indian (?).

Proto-Kiranti: *ńak ( ~ *ŋ-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ask, request

Limbu: nākmaʔ, -nākt-/-nāk-

Kulung: ŋɔ̄ma

Yamphu: na:kma, ŋa:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *nam ( ~ *näm) ( / *nap)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: man, person

Tulung: namnamcö poor fellow (male or female), namnamsitami (Toba najme) wife

Limbu: nāp-mī man

Kulung: namme 'daughter-in-law' (?), namnamu 'poor, pitiable'

Yamphu: nam-ba 'father-in-law', nam-ma 'mother-in-law'

Proto-Kiranti: *naŋ

Meaning: lose temper, go berserk

Limbu: naŋmaʔ

Yamphu: naŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *ńap ( ~ *ŋ-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to snatch

Limbu: na:pmaʔ

Kulung: ŋamma

Yamphu: napma

Proto-Kiranti: *nä, *nänä

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: elder sister

Limbu: nɛʔnɛʔ

Dumi: nana

Kulung: na

Yamphu: na, na:na

Proto-Kiranti: *näm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: jungle, forest

Tulung: nem in thūnem dense jungle, thicket, g(h)renem nettle

Dumi: -nǝm in gōnǝm nettle

Kulung: thu-nam 'field'

Yamphu: nam-bhuŋla 'woods, forest', thap-nam id.

Proto-Kiranti: *näm

Meaning: a k. of insect

Tulung: nam-dürü variety of cricket

Kaling: näm-duläm an edible locust

Limbu: nim

Kulung: namdurum 'locust', nampuchɔ 'earthworm'

Yamphu: namnijama 'small species of bee'