Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *thèm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: top

Tulung: them upper part of tree, foliage

Kaling: themba on top of

Proto-Kiranti: *thèn (/*ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: thick

Sunwar: thãj-śo

Tulung: ḍēpa

Kaling: tejpä

Proto-Kiranti: *then (?)

Meaning: spittle, spit

Tulung: thǝŋ-ki, thaŋ-ki ; tha(t)-

Limbu: thet

Comments: Toba 96 *th __- (confused with *thúk).

Proto-Kiranti: *th[è]p

Meaning: bamboo basket

Kaling: thep

Limbu: ce-thāp coffin made of split bamboo (ce corpse)

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]et

Meaning: vagina

Kulung: thedɔ

Yamphu: tettuma

Comments: A compound *thǝ-thu 'big vagina' (?).

Proto-Kiranti: *thet (/-n)

Meaning: to lift

Dumi: thennɨ

Kulung: theima 'lift, remove'; thǝima 'bring up'

Yamphu: theʔma

Proto-Kiranti: *thǝ̀

Meaning: above

Limbu: tho above, up

Dumi: thu 'above, up'

Kulung: thɔ̄ma 'come up'

Comments: Cf. *dhǝ̀.

Proto-Kiranti: *thǝ́k / *thǝ́ŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: understand

Tulung: thet-

Kaling: 'thonä ('thohtu)

Proto-Kiranti: *thǝ̀-klak

Meaning: bamboo container

Tulung: thokla segment of large diameter bamboo used as a container

Kaling: thöklɔ bamboo container for beer

Proto-Kiranti: *thǝ́p

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: strike, knock

Tulung: thep- knock (chicken on back to break neck), break up (lump of stale dough) etc.

Kaling: 'thwɔmnä ('thwɔptu) bang, clap, stamp, thresh

Limbu: thepmā (theptu) knock (at door)

Dumi: thāpnɨ

Yamphu: thepma 'hit the top of smth.'

Proto-Kiranti: *thì (/*ʔt-)

Meaning: fall

Sunwar: thij-si-ca (anim.)

Kaling: thinä (thiŋɔ) fall down

Limbu: demā (djā) fall down

Dumi: thīnɨ

Kulung: dima

Comments: Toba 89 *th(u)- (listing Kal. thu-, as well as unrelated forms from Tul. and Kul.: Tul. dǝks-, Kul. dat-).

Proto-Kiranti: *thik-

Meaning: cook, burn

Tulung: thik- be cooked

Limbu: mi-thikmā (-thiktu) burn, get burnt

Proto-Kiranti: *th[í]k (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: one

Tulung: thik

Kaling: 'tu

Limbu: thikphu

Dumi: tɨk

Yamphu: ikko

Proto-Kiranti: *thì[ŋ]- / *thì[k]- (/ʔt-)

Meaning: spread, raise

Tulung: thimu (AS) raise, thīs- become recognised (of a name)

Kaling: thu münä spread out (a bed), thunä (thuktu) spread (of a name)

Kulung: di mǝma

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]ok (/-ŋ)

Meaning: build

Dumi: thoknɨ

Kulung: thɔma

Yamphu: toŋma

Proto-Kiranti: *thok (~ -uk, -ak)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cook

Tulung: thok- ripen, be ready to burst (of boil)

Limbu: thokmā (thoktu) cook, kethokpā cook

Yamphu: thokma

Proto-Kiranti: *thom ( / -p)

Meaning: belly

Tulung: thöm

Limbu: sathopmā

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]ò(ŋ)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: year

Tulung: -thǝ in athǝ, athǝce this year

Kaling: tho

Limbu: toŋbe age, year, to-co time

Kulung: -dɔŋ 'year' (cf. also tatɔ 'time')

Comments: Toba 99 *tho(ŋ).

Proto-Kiranti: *thòp(ku)rV

Meaning: waist cloth

Tulung: thakpuri, thakkuri waist cloth

Kaling: thwɔptru waist scarf

Kulung: thapri

Proto-Kiranti: *thòr (/ʔt-)

Meaning: believe

Tulung: thör lü- believe, thörsi- be happy, thör confidence

Kaling: thör lü-nä believe

Kulung: durma 'be able'

Comments: Cf. also K thwɔrnä (thoru) rejoice, satisfy.