Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀m

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bear

Sunwar: wā̃

Tulung: hōmu (AS wǝ̄mu)

Kaling: bhü-wäm large black bear

Limbu: hoŋ-guwā jackal (?)

Yamphu: homsa 'beaver'

Comments: Toba *hoC- in *hoC-moksi (listing also Khal. mos, Kul. moksi 'bear').

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀m

Meaning: placenta

Tulung: wam

Kaling: wäm

Limbu: a-wam (Matissoff)

Comments: Toba 94 *wäm.

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀m

Meaning: stick in

Tulung: wam- prick, penetrate; trip over

Kaling: wämnä (wämu)

Proto-Kiranti: *wänse (// *b-?)

Meaning: spindle

Tulung: bajsi, bãjsi

Kaling: wäsne

Proto-Kiranti: *wä́p

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: scoop out

Tulung: wap- scoop up (fluid), fill

Kaling: 'wämnä ('wäbu)

Proto-Kiranti: *wä̀t

Meaning: to bear (give birth)

Kaling: wännä (wädu)

Limbu: wāmā (wāru) give birth, wāmā (wāye) to live

Dumi: wātnɨ

Kulung: waima

Comments: Compared in STEDT 154 (*wat 'give birth') with Lalung o-sa, Chepang ʔo-sa, ʔot-sa, Sgaw o_ phlɛ 'give birth'.

Proto-Kiranti: *wä́t

Meaning: cut

Tulung: wat- sever at a blow, behead

Kaling: 'wännä ('wättu) castrate

Proto-Kiranti: *[w]èm (/-p)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: warm (-s)

Tulung: em- to warm,roast

Kaling: emnä (emŋɔ) become hot (from fire or sun), north

Limbu: emmā (epsu) bake

Dumi: wǝm

Proto-Kiranti: *we(s)

Meaning: strap on, gird

Limbu: hēmaʔ

Kulung: wema

Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: yellow

Sunwar: haw (< *waw)

Tulung: om'om

Kaling: ööm

Limbu: ɔm-daŋba

Comments: Toba 99 *om.

Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀ ( ? / *r-wǝ̀)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: rain

Sunwar: rew (?)

Tulung: wō

Kaling: wö

Limbu: wā-hit (-hit is unclear)

Dumi: hu

Kulung: wa

Yamphu: wari

Comments: Toba 94 *wö. Cf. *wa 'water'?

Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀ŋ ( / *jǝ̀ŋ ?)

Meaning: other

Tulung: waŋ different, jaŋ other

Kaling: woŋɔm

Limbu: we, e other

Yamphu: wa:räŋ 'the other side'

Proto-Kiranti: *wǝ̀r

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: chew

Tulung: jor- (AS wer-) toss into mouth

Kaling: wörnä (wöru) chew (pop-corn)

Limbu: hāmā (hāru) bite

Proto-Kiranti: *wo-bVC-si(t)

Meaning: cucumber

Sunwar: 'wobisi

Tulung: homsi (AS hobomsi)

Kaling: barsu

Dumi: buŕsi

Kulung: puri

Proto-Kiranti: *wòŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: enter

Sunwar: ō-ca

Tulung: hu(ŋ)- (AS wamu)

Kaling: wonä (woŋɔ)

Dumi: oŋnɨ enter; cf. also hūnɨ 'come', wotnɨ 'bring inside'

Kulung: wɔ̄ma

Yamphu: oŋma 'come up, bring up' (cf. also waŋma 'to wander around')

Comments: Toba 89 *woŋ-.

Proto-Kiranti: *xäl

Meaning: grind

Sunwar: h́il-ca

Tulung: khal- express (oil), churn (to make buttermilk)

Kaling: khälmä (khälu) grind (for making oil)

Yamphu: jīʔma (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *xäl ( ~ h-)

Meaning: pair

Sunwar: 'hāl pair

Proto-Kiranti: *xìjok

Meaning: rust

Kaling: khijo

Limbu: hijok

Proto-Kiranti: *xi(n)

Meaning: scrape

Limbu: khīmmaʔ

Kulung: hima

Proto-Kiranti: *xìr(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: turn round

Sunwar: hir-ca go round

Tulung: khir- turn round, twist together

Kaling: kharnä (khardu) turn,spin

Limbu: himā (hisu) turn round, kehibā revolving; khɛ:maʔ 'make circles, whirl'

Kulung: khikhirpa 'round', khirma 'make a circle'

Yamphu: khe:ma 'wind around'