Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *rìp ( / -m)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to block, shade

Tulung: rip- block (esp. light, line of vision), ribʒuŋ, rimʒuŋ shade

Kaling: ramʒhuŋ shade (ʒhuŋ wind, air)

Limbu: samrippa

Dumi: kɨ-ri(m); rīmsinɨ

Kulung: gimǯu 'shade' ( < *gr-)

Comments: Cf. *gim.

Proto-Kiranti: *ŕíp

Meaning: jar, vessel

Tulung: lip pot, jar

Kaling: 'rip vessel

Kulung: lipi

Proto-Kiranti: *rít(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: laugh

Sunwar: 'rit-ca laugh

Tulung: ris-

Kaling: rennä (rejŋɔ) (CSDP 'rennä)

Limbu: jepmā / epmā (jerā / erā) laugh, kejepā joker

Dumi: rīnɨ

Kulung: gema

Yamphu: jītcama

Comments: Toba 92 *Cis-.

Proto-Kiranti: *r[o]p

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sharpen; break

Tulung: röps- disintegrate, break into small pieces

Limbu: jārāpmā (jārāptu) to sharpen

Kulung: gēpa

Comments: Cf. *jóps.

Proto-Kiranti: *rù

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: locust

Tulung: rǖ

Kaling: rü

Proto-Kiranti: *rúk ( / *T-r-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: six

Tulung: ru

Kaling: 'rɔ

Limbu: tuk-si

Kulung: tukci

Yamphu: cuʔum

Comments: Toba 95 *rV.

Proto-Kiranti: *rùm ( ~ -àm)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: salt

Kaling: ram

Limbu: jum

Dumi: rɨm

Kulung: rum

Yamphu: jum

Comments: Toba 95 *rum.

Proto-Kiranti: *rúŋ / *rúk (-s)

Meaning: shake

Tulung: rǝk- (why -ǝ- ?) flap, shake, Iru(ŋ)- shiver (from fever, cold)

Kaling: 'runä ('ruktu) shake, ('ruŋǝ) quiver, tremble

Limbu: joŋmā (joŋkhu) to shiver

Dumi: riknɨ

Kulung: rūma

Yamphu: ruʔmi 'earthquake'; joŋma 'to tremble, shake' (?)

Comments: For Limbu cf. alternatively Kulung jɔ̄ma (jɔks-) 'shiver'.

Proto-Kiranti: *ruŋku

Meaning: sense

Tulung: 'ruku divinatory faculty

Kaling: ruŋku sense, inner man

Proto-Kiranti: *rúp

Meaning: cut

Tulung: rüp(s)- cut down, fell

Kaling: 'ramnā ('rubu) cut wood

Dumi: ripnɨ

Kulung: rumma

Proto-Kiranti: *rùt (? *rus)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bone

Sunwar: ruś bone

Tulung: 'ser, sasar, seser

Kaling: solu (< *söru?)

Limbu: jet

Dumi: sālu

Kulung: tup-ri

Yamphu: säk-koʔwa

Comments: For the most part in comp. *sǝ̀-rut (*sǝ̀-rus) "flesh + bone"); Toba 87 *sV-.

Proto-Kiranti: *rú[t]?

Meaning: slave

Kaling: 'ru

Limbu: jogubā (male), jogumā (female)

Kulung: rɔ

Proto-Kiranti: *rV (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: thing

Sunwar: mu-r 'person'

Proto-Kiranti: *ŕVp

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: imprint

Limbu: jōp

Yamphu: repma

Proto-Kiranti: *s[á]k

Meaning: take, select

Tulung: sok- pay, take

Kaling: 'sɔnä ('sɔgu) select smth.

Limbu: sɛkmā (-gu) choose, seŋmā (segu) select

Kulung: sɔ̄ma

Proto-Kiranti: *sàm

Meaning: caterpillar

Sunwar: sō̃pu

Kaling: sambermä (see *ber k. of insect)

Kulung: sumburma

Proto-Kiranti: *sam

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: root

Kaling: säm

Kulung: sam

Comments: Toba 94.

Proto-Kiranti: *saŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: star, ray

Tulung: ?sorluŋ (if < *saŋ-lur) (cf. also -suŋ in nep-suŋ sun) [Toba 96: swar]

Kaling: sɔŋ- in sɔŋgɔr star

Limbu: sāŋ ray, -se in khese star

Kulung: sɔŋ- in sɔŋger 'star'

Yamphu: saŋ- in saŋge 'star'

Comments: A difficult case. T sor- and L -se may also reflect a root *sǝr, cf. also T sor-pikiche 'star'. On the other hand, T sor may be < *soʔor < *saŋqar ( = Kal. sɔŋgɔr).

Proto-Kiranti: *sàŋ

Meaning: grass

Kaling: sɔŋ herb, weed, grass

Limbu: suŋ grass

Kulung: sɔ̄ŋ 'weeds, tufts of grass'

Comments: Toba 98 *saŋ.

Proto-Kiranti: *saŋ

Meaning: buffalo

Limbu: sɔŋwɛʔl

Yamphu: saŋa