Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]ò(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: see, hear, get, obtain

Tulung: thös hear

Kaling: thönä (thöŋɔ) see, get, obtain

Limbu: tāmā (tjā) appear

Kulung: to- (Toba) 'see'

Comments: Toba 95 *thoy-. Cf. *ʔtò (-t) (perhaps a variant of the same root); Limbu t- is unclear.

Proto-Kiranti: *thu (/ *ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: vagina

Tulung: thü

Dumi: kā-diʔ

Kulung: the-dɔ

Yamphu: tettuma

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]úk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: move, stir

Sunwar: dūk-ca

Tulung: thuk- push lengthwise, poke (faggot into fire)

Kaling: (EKg) 'thunä

Kulung: tɔ:ma

Comments: Toba 93 *tVk-.

Proto-Kiranti: *thùk

Meaning: prick

Sunwar: thōk-ca

Tulung: thuk-

Kaling: thunä prick, stab, pierce (secondarily thudu - or an alternation *-k/-ŋ ?); (Toba) 'thah- strike

Limbu: thupmā (thubu) to pierce (?)

Kulung: thūma (thuks-/thuŋ-)

Yamphu: thokma 'to prick lightly', thukma 'to dig in, to plant; to be erect' (Toba also glosses 'strike')

Comments: Toba 94 *thuk-; 97 *thV- 'strike' (compares also Thul. thör- (?).

Proto-Kiranti: *thúk(s) (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: spit

Sunwar: 'tōk-si-ca

Kaling: khi 'thunä ('thuktu)

Limbu: thet-thoŋmā (-thokhu) (thet spittle)

Kulung: dɔ̄ma 'spit', thuwa 'spittle'

Proto-Kiranti: *thul (/*ʔt-)

Meaning: raise, bring up

Sunwar: 'thul-ca

Tulung: ḍül- keep, support, maintain (animals, servant, aging parent), ḍülcü servant

Dumi: tɨlnɨ

Comments: ? T > Kh döl in döl münä to serve.

Proto-Kiranti: *thùm(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: gather

Tulung: thomsi- gather for ceremony

Kaling: thamnä (thumu) collect

Limbu: thummā (thumsu) join

Yamphu: thupma 'to pull together'

Comments: Cf. *[d(h)]úm(s) 'finish' (with confusion in Limbu)

Proto-Kiranti: *thùŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: thick

Tulung: thū- in thūnem dense jungle, thicket

Kaling: thu- in thunäm jungle, forest

Limbu: kethuŋbā dense, kedhuŋbā thick

Proto-Kiranti: *thút

Meaning: pull, spin

Tulung: thüt- drag, pull along, spin (thread)

Kaling: 'thannä ('thudu) pull, spin

Dumi: thɨtnɨ

Kulung: thuima

Proto-Kiranti: *thV̀ŋ

Meaning: price

Tulung: thī

Kaling: thɔŋ

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]V́p (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: strike, pound

Sunwar: 'tup-ca pound grain

Tulung: dep- strike, hit, thresh

Kaling: 'tup-

Limbu: thāmmā (thāpsu) to thresh; to throw down (opponent)

Dumi: dāpnɨ

Kulung: damma 'knock' (dup-)

Yamphu: thamma 'to shake out, thresh'; tho:pma 'to shove, push'

Comments: Perhaps 2 roots (cf. the opposition in Y; Dumi suggests that one of them could have *d-, not *th-), but very hard to distinguish, and additionally influenced by the synonymous *ʔtúp q.v. Toba *'dep-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ti

Meaning: thumb (?)

Kaling: cä-ti

Kulung: thǝtti

Comments: Toba 97 * _ti.

Proto-Kiranti: *tím / *típ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: step on

Tulung: tim- press, squeeze, crush (underfoot)

Kaling: 'tamnä ('taptu) step on

Dumi: timnɨ

Kulung: timma

Yamphu: timma, tipma

Proto-Kiranti: *tìm (/ʔt-)

Meaning: freeze

Tulung: tim- freeze, go numb with cold

Kaling: tamnä (tamŋɔ) to get stiff from cold

Limbu: thɔmmaʔ

Proto-Kiranti: *tin ( ~ d(h)-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to burn

Limbu: tīmā (tiye) burn

Kulung: tīma

Proto-Kiranti: *tiŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: thorn

Limbu: tiŋ

Dumi: tīŋ

Kulung: titi

Proto-Kiranti: *toj-

Meaning: to put

Kaling: tö-

Kulung: tuj-

Comments: Toba 94 *toy-.

Proto-Kiranti: *tòl

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dirt

Tulung: töl unlaid eggs of killed chicken

Kaling: twɔl tonsil, stye, sore in the eye

Proto-Kiranti: *Tɔŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: short

Limbu: tɔ:ŋ-maʔ

Proto-Kiranti: *[t]u

Meaning: forehead

Limbu: tēwa

Dumi: tɨbɨri

Kulung: thǝba

Yamphu: turuwa