Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *suk-tVm

Meaning: shoulder

Tulung: suktüm

Kulung: suktum

Comments: Toba 95 *suktim.

Proto-Kiranti: *sùl

Meaning: bury

Tulung: sül- bury (in earth, deep in jungle, in pile of chaff), sülüm grave

Kaling: salam grave, tomb

Proto-Kiranti: *s[ù]l

Meaning: foot, trace

Tulung: sül track, trace, footprint

Kaling: säl foot, leg

Limbu: sɛʔ- in sɛʔbǝŋba 'thigh'

Dumi: -sul in phip-sul 'thigh'

Yamphu: se:- in se:bräk 'thigh'

Proto-Kiranti: *súm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: three

Sunwar: 'sā̃

Tulung: 'su, süm

Kaling: 'sam- in 'samne 3 days ahead (cf. also ɔ-sɔm-kane 3 days ago); the form 'sukpu 'three' is not quite clear.

Limbu: sumsi

Dumi: sukli ?; cf. also sɨmdinna

Kulung: supci

Yamphu: sumǯi

Comments: Toba 97 *su __pchi.

Proto-Kiranti: *sùm, *sùm-khra

Meaning: mortar

Tulung: süŋkhra (AS sümkhra) wooden mortar

Kaling: samkhrɔ large mortar

Limbu: luŋ-sum grinding mill

Dumi: sɨŋkhoʔ, sam-phep

Yamphu: summak

Comments: Toba 93 *sVmkhra. Cf. *ʔcúm.

Proto-Kiranti: *sup (/-m)

Meaning: shoe

Limbu: laNsup

Kulung: lɔNsum

Proto-Kiranti: *supi-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: secret, whisper

Tulung: süpilɔ whisper

Limbu: sibi secret, sibilām secretly

Kulung: supi

Proto-Kiranti: *sù(p)pel

Meaning: midge

Tulung: süpel gnat

Kaling: sapal

Limbu: sāpsēʔ 'blood-sucking tick'

Kulung: sūpel 'small black fly'

Comments: Cf. *sù 'wasp, bee'.

Proto-Kiranti: *sur

Meaning: bee

Sunwar: surbu

Tulung: śör (Toba: 'sör)

Kaling: sür

Kulung: suwer

Yamphu: saʔwa 'a k. of bee, wasp', suima 'a k. of bug'

Comments: One can not exclude a reconstruction *su(b)ru, cf. *su wasp. Toba *suwer.

Proto-Kiranti: *s[ù]r

Meaning: wash

Tulung: söl- (-l under the influence of sal- q.v.?) wash (body)

Kaling: sarnä (suru)

Dumi: sirnɨ

Comments: Cf. also sör- grope, stroke, söra sieve.

Proto-Kiranti: *sur

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: squeeze

Tulung: sür- press (as wood into basket), squeeze

Limbu: somā (sorā) to knead

Proto-Kiranti: *sus (-ts)

Meaning: itch

Sunwar: rak-su-ca

Tulung: süs-

Kaling: sünä (sü)

Limbu: sɔpmā (n.)

Kulung: sǝma

Proto-Kiranti: *sut ( ~ *ʔc-, ch-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: complete, finish

Limbu: supmaʔ

Yamphu: seʔma

Proto-Kiranti: *sV̀(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: skin, bark

Kaling: sɔ- in sɔkɔ skin, bark, leather

Limbu: seu, seho hide

Dumi: sǝkkǝ

Kulung: sɔkɔwar

Comments: Toba 95 *sVgraw- (?). Occurs only within *sV̀-qhák.

Proto-Kiranti: *sV̀k-c₁ǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: seed

Tulung: sēsi pip, seed of fruit, lentil, bean

Kaling: sɔs testicle, sɔs-rus fruit

Limbu: sakca pulse, lentils

Kulung: sisi 'testicles, seeds'

Yamphu: ma:-sik 'lentils'

Comments: Toba 90 *sasi. For the Yamphu form cf. Limbu kumakla sakca 'black lentils'.

Proto-Kiranti: *sV̀ksV-/ *sV̀kcV-

Meaning: k. of insect

Tulung: saksabiw dragonfly, sǝksiŋel variety of cricket, sikcembā, sikcowā ant.

Kaling: sɔksɔkhlep praying mantis (cf. also sököpä a brown grasshopper)

Kulung: sǝkǝppa 'grasshopper'

Yamphu: säkkäʔlemma 'a sp. of cricket'

Proto-Kiranti: *sV̀l

Meaning: smooth

Sunwar: silsil

Kaling: sölä-mim

Proto-Kiranti: *sVmar-

Meaning: disease

Dumi: sɨmar

Kulung: sɔmɔri

Proto-Kiranti: *sVŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: long

Kaling: soŋ-pa

Proto-Kiranti: *sVŋ (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: short

Kaling: mɔ-soŋ-pɛ

Comments: The Kaling form could be treated as a compound "not-long" (but one would rather expect *mu-soŋ- in that case).