Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *tuk

Meaning: hurt

Limbu: tukmaʔ

Kulung: tūma

Yamphu: tukma

Proto-Kiranti: *tùktukur

Meaning: dove

Sunwar: tuhtura wild dove

Tulung: tuktukur dove

Kaling: tuktukur red turtle dove

Kulung: tuktukulma

Comments: Toba 99 *tuktukur.

Proto-Kiranti: *tùm (/ʔt-)

Meaning: follow

Tulung: tüm- follow, track, trace

Kaling: tamnä (tamdu) track

Kulung: dumma

Proto-Kiranti: *tùm (/ʔt-?)

Meaning: knee

Kaling: támcu

Limbu: thuŋbo

Kulung: tumchi

Yamphu: tumruk 'knee'

Comments: Toba 92 *tVm. Cf. also L mudhumbā hip ?

Proto-Kiranti: *tV-

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: this

Kaling: tä-m

Dumi: tom

Proto-Kiranti: *tV́k- (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: neck

Tulung: tawa scruff of neck

Kaling: 'tawɔ back of head; 'takcu neck

Limbu: tɔkkrumba

Dumi: toksɨ

Kulung: dɔs 'back', dɔwe 'back of the head'

Yamphu: en-daŋ 'neck' (?)

Comments: Toba 93 *CakCV (Kal. 'takcu compared with Tul. lâkca - not reliable).

Proto-Kiranti: *[t]V̀r

Meaning: break, knock, split

Tulung: ter- knock over

Kaling: tarnä (turu) break off, split

Limbu: thēmaʔ, -thēs-/-thē-

Dumi: törnɨ

Kulung: thǝrma

Yamphu: teʔma 'to tear'

Comments: Cf. also K (EKg) ternä fall; cf. *ʔtèr. Possibly 2 originally different roots (cf. the distinction in Kaling), one with *t- and the other with *th-, but hard to distinguish.

Proto-Kiranti: *wa

Meaning: water, river

Tulung: wa- in 'wa-je(Ф) lowland

Kaling: wɔ in 'kawɔ stream, wɔjɔ lowland

Limbu: wā water

Dumi: kaʔō (cf. also wa-bēm, wa-lem)

Kulung: wamma 'thirst', wawakǝ 'watery', jɔwa 'river'

Yamphu: miʔwa 'tear', wa-dap-ma 'to get/make wet', wa-ǯokma, joŋ-wa 'water' etc.

Comments: Cf. *wǝ̀ 'rain'?

Proto-Kiranti: *wa

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bird

Tulung: -wa in ʒãwwa peacock (=K ʒɔ)

Limbu: wā fowl

Kulung: chɔ-wa 'bird', wā 'chicken'

Yamphu: soŋ-a, soŋ-wa 'bird', wa 'chicken'

Proto-Kiranti: *wa ( ~ K-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: tooth

Limbu: ha

Comments: Attested only in Limbu, but having good external parallels.

Proto-Kiranti: *wàkpäl-tak

Meaning: cross-legged (adv.)

Tulung: wakpalta

Kaling: wɔhpaldɔ (EKg)

Comments: Cf. *pä̀l foot.

Proto-Kiranti: *wal

Meaning: rectum

Dumi: wāl

Kulung: wāl

Proto-Kiranti: *wam

Meaning: go crazy

Dumi: wāmnɨ

Kulung: wamma

Proto-Kiranti: *waŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: round, circle

Yamphu: waŋla 'loop of a rope', wäŋma 'to go in a circle', wäŋliŋ 'round, spherical'

Proto-Kiranti: *wà(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cloth, wear

Sunwar: wā cloth

Limbu: wāmā (wāttu) to put on (ring, flower etc.), wāpmā (wāru) to put on (ornaments)

Dumi: wātńsinɨ

Kulung: waima

Yamphu: wä:ʔma 'to wear ornaments, watch'

Proto-Kiranti: *watam

Meaning: slow

Tulung: wakhatham slowly

Kaling: wätä-ka slowly

Kulung: watam

Comments: Toba 96 *wätämka.

Proto-Kiranti: *[w]àt-c₁ǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: man

Sunwar: 'woj-ś-mur man

Tulung: hoscö, woscö male, man

Kaling: has man, person

Kulung: watcha

Yamphu: jaʔmi 'man, person' (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *wä́ (~ *wä́t)

Meaning: elder sibling

Tulung: wa elder sibling, elder brother

Kaling: 'wä elder brother & sister

Dumi: wa 'younger sibling'?

Yamphu: wa:wa 'elder brother'

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀(k)

Meaning: joke

Tulung: waʒi joke

Kaling: wäs lünä feel amused, wäs münä to joke

Limbu: warēʔ

Yamphu: wakma 'to be overexcited with playfulness'

Comments: T and K reflect compounds (*wa-c₁ǝ, *wa-rít).

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀l

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: heat, light

Tulung: wal-, ul- heat, boil lightly

Kaling: wälnä (wälu) to heat (water); wɔl heat, light

Limbu: omā (oru) burn, cremate; obā bright, omā (otjā) to dawn

Yamphu: wa-mi 'torch'; wa:ma 'to dry above the fireplace'