Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *sat(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: heal (wound), recover

Sunwar: sā-ca

Tulung: sǝs- cured, get well, stop (of rain)

Kaling: śannä (śatu) treat (by shaman)

Proto-Kiranti: *sä̀kce(r)wV / -te(r)wV

Meaning: a k. of mushroom

Sunwar: sakterwa var. of fibrous edible fungus

Tulung: sakacew an edible fungus

Yamphu: säʔna 'a sp. of mushroom'

Proto-Kiranti: *sä̀m

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: breath, spirit

Tulung: sam breath, steam, sound

Kaling: säm steam, vapour, essence, sämnä (sämu) to steam

Limbu: sām song, air, spirit

Dumi: sam

Kulung: cham 'song'

Yamphu: sem in sem-ǯa-ma 'be frightened', sem-lu-ma song etc.

Proto-Kiranti: *sä̀ŋ(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dry

Sunwar: sōsŋo dry, sō-ca to dry (itr.)

Tulung: sa(t)- become dry, dry up (of voice)

Limbu: seŋmā (seŋkhu) to dry, seŋseŋkelobā dried

Proto-Kiranti: *säp / *sä̀m

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: thin

Sunwar: sap-śo thin (density)

Tulung: samsamja thin (of people)

Yamphu: sopma 'to weigh little' (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *sär

Meaning: boil

Tulung: sör- boil dry, become dry, be ill

Kaling: särnä (säru)

Proto-Kiranti: *sék

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: winnow, shake out, splutter

Tulung: sɛk-, sɔk-

Kaling: 'senä ('sehtu)

Limbu: saNmaʔ

Kulung: sāma

Comments: Toba 99 *sek-.

Proto-Kiranti: *se-, *sen

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: learn, see

Sunwar: 'śē̃-si-ca learn, practice

Tulung: si(n)- teach (inf.), sīsi- learn

Kaling: sejnä (sendu) see, look at, watch

Dumi: sjennɨ

Kulung: sa-gɔ 'mind' (?), saniwa 'intelligence', sima 'feel'

Yamphu: sämma 'choose, prefer'; sima 'feel'

Comments: Toba 92 *cesi. Cf. also *chè- (originally probably the same root).

Proto-Kiranti: *se-krem

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: sand

Tulung: sekre

Kaling: 'sekhle

Kulung: serɔm

Comments: Toba 95 *seklem.

Proto-Kiranti: *sèl

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: clean, wash

Tulung: sal- (instead of an expected *sel-) sift, remove foreign or superfluous matter from; (Toba) söl- 'wash'

Kaling: selnä (selu) clean (grain and vegetables)

Limbu: wā-sīmā (-sīru) wash

Kulung: selma 'scrape' (?)

Yamphu: se:ma 'to clean'

Comments: Toba 98 *siC-. Perhaps 2 roots: cf. also Yamphu si:ma 'to sieve'.

Proto-Kiranti: *sèl

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: iron

Tulung: sel

Kaling: sel

Kulung: sel

Comments: Toba 91 *sel.

Proto-Kiranti: *sèm (*sèm-mǝŋ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dream

Tulung: sema (aug. for ŋīma dream)

Kaling: semö

Limbu: sepmāŋ dream

Dumi: sjemma

Kulung: sēmɔ̄

Yamphu: semmaŋ

Comments: Toba 89 *semö. One can also not exclude *sèn-mǝŋ (see *sènV night).

Proto-Kiranti: *s[e]n-

Meaning: whistle

Tulung: sajla (see *lǝ)

Kaling: sibrɔ

Proto-Kiranti: *sen-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fat

Tulung: senipa

Kaling: sönüpä

Comments: Toba 89 *sönüpä.

Proto-Kiranti: *sèn-d[ut]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fingernail

Tulung: sendü

Limbu: sendī

Dumi: sjendi

Kulung: sen

Yamphu: semdumma

Comments: Toba 90 *sendü.

Proto-Kiranti: *sènV

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: night

Tulung: sintha, siŋtha

Kaling: sene

Limbu: sen

Dumi: sīna

Kulung: sēpa

Yamphu: senda

Comments: Toba 93 *si __-.

Proto-Kiranti: *seŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: kidney, liver

Limbu: seŋ kidney

Comments: Cf. also *sä̀ʔpók (<*sèŋ-ʔpók ?) bladder > Kal. säphu, Tul. sāpu, sapu (Toba 87 *säphu); L sāpɔk stomach.

Proto-Kiranti: *sèŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: clean up

Tulung: sɛŋ- clean up, tidy

Kaling: senä (seŋä) clean up, seŋpä clean, holy

Limbu: iseŋbā pure, sāŋla clean

Kulung: saŋsaŋpa 'clean'

Proto-Kiranti: *sèr

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: louse

Tulung: ser

Kaling: ser

Limbu: si

Dumi: sēr

Kulung: si

Comments: Toba 92 *ser.

Proto-Kiranti: *se(r)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: wind

Sunwar: pha-še