Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *sìŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ask

Kaling: sunä (siŋu) ask, interrogate

Limbu: sindomā ask

Dumi: siŋnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *sìŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: tree

Sunwar: śī wood

Tulung: sǝŋ wood, tree

Kaling: saŋ tree, firewood

Limbu: siŋ-buŋ tree (in comp. -siŋ)

Dumi: sɨ

Kulung: siŋ 'firewood', sī-chɔ 'tree'

Yamphu: siŋ 'firewood', siŋbu 'tree'

Comments: Toba 98 *s _ŋ.

Proto-Kiranti: *siŋ ( ~ *ʔc-, ch-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to roll up, tuck up

Limbu: sīŋmaʔ

Yamphu: siŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *sip

Meaning: chaff

Limbu: sip

Kulung: sip

Proto-Kiranti: *sip

Meaning: to milk, pour a little water

Limbu: sipmā (siptu) to milk

Yamphu: sipma 'to put a little water from one vessel into another', si:pma 'to pour off, to separate the fluid from the solids of a mixture'.

Proto-Kiranti: *síp (-s)

Meaning: dry up

Tulung: sip- dry up, of cow's milk, of voice), boil dry

Kaling: śamnü (śaptu) dry up, evaporate

Limbu: sommā (sopsu) dry

Kulung: simma

Comments: Cf. also L cɔpmanābā dry?

Proto-Kiranti: *sit

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fruit, bear fruit

Sunwar: śit-ca bear fruit, ma-śi-ca become fruitless, sannä (sidu) bear fruit

Tulung: sit- give fruit

Limbu: se fruit

Dumi: sīnɨ 'bear fruit'

Kulung: se 'fruit', sema 'bear fruit'

Proto-Kiranti: *sóm

Meaning: breath

Sunwar: sō̃ sō̃ 'pa-ca to pant (= K 'som bhwɔrnä)

Tulung: sam life

Kaling: śom breath, life; swɔ-prop 'lungs'

Limbu: som 'lungs'; sōmmaʔ, -sōnd-/-sōn-

Dumi: sōm

Kulung: sǝm 'lung', sɔ̄m 'breath'

Yamphu: som 'lungs', so:ʔma 'breath' (cf. also so:ʔmi 'fart')

Comments: Toba 88 *sVm 'breath', 92 *som 'life', *swa(p) 'lungs'. Perhaps 2 roots?

Proto-Kiranti: *sòn

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: shorten

Kaling: swɔjnä (swɔndu) make short or small, abbreviate; söt- bring down, shorten

Kulung: sǝima

Proto-Kiranti: *sò(ŋ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cough

Tulung: söki, sökhe

Kaling: söki cough

Limbu: suŋmā (suŋu) to cough

Comments: Toba 88 *soki.

Proto-Kiranti: *sóp

Meaning: satisfy (eating)

Tulung: süp- eat clean, scrape out, to eat last fragments of food

Kaling: 'swɔmnä ('swɔmŋɔ)

Kulung: samma

Yamphu: sa:pma

Proto-Kiranti: *sóp

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: wash

Tulung: söp- wash (clothes)

Kaling: 'swɔmnä ('swɔptu)

Kulung: sǝmcima, sǝmma

Proto-Kiranti: *sòroli

Meaning: jackal

Tulung: sörli, serlo

Kaling: soroli

Comments: Toba 91 *soroli.

Proto-Kiranti: *sót

Meaning: lose (be defeated)

Tulung: sȫ(t)-

Kaling: 'swɔnnä ('swɔjŋɔ)

Proto-Kiranti: *s-rik

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: louse

Sunwar: rī

Yamphu: sik

Proto-Kiranti: *sù

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: wasp

Tulung: su, sū large queen wasp

Kaling: söbä large black wasp, söprɔ a small bee (<*sü-?)

Limbu: khē-sūmaʔ, khē-suʔmaʔ

Yamphu: suama 'bee'

Comments: Cf. *sur bee.

Proto-Kiranti: *su

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: who

Sunwar: 'su

Tulung: sü

Kaling: sü (CSDF 'sü)

Limbu: ā-sāt (?<*ā-su-āt)

Kulung: as-

Yamphu: asa:

Proto-Kiranti: *s[u]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: weed

Sunwar: suwā 'weed'

Dumi: sō 'weeds, tufts of grass'

Kulung: sɔma 'to weed'

Proto-Kiranti: *suk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to be able, know how, look for an opportunity

Limbu: sukmaʔ 'be able; wait in ambush'

Yamphu: sukma 'to create or look for an opportunity'

Proto-Kiranti: *sù(k)mV

Meaning: jungle

Tulung: sokmo jungle

Kaling: sümändu desolate place

Dumi: sāʔlɨ ?