Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *xlä̀m

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bewitch

Tulung: khlam-

Kaling: khlämnä (khlämu)

Limbu: hāmmā adv. deceiving

Yamphu: je:pma 'to perform the work of the witch doctor' (?)

Comments: 1890

Proto-Kiranti: *xlép

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: peel

Tulung: khlep-

Kaling: 'khlemnä ('khlebu) peel (with a knife), cut at one point; khlep- peel, shave off (thin slice)

Limbu: hīpmaʔ

Kulung: khemma

Yamphu: reploŋ 'peeling of the skin' (?)

Comments: Toba 93 *'khlep-.

Proto-Kiranti: *xlì

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: faeces

Sunwar: khrī

Tulung: khli

Kaling: khli

Limbu: hi

Dumi: khil

Kulung: khil

Yamphu: hi 'faeces', hi:ma 'defecate'

Comments: Toba 90 *khli. Cf. *khli 'intestines'.

Proto-Kiranti: *xòr

Meaning: snore

Tulung: khor-

Kaling: khwɔrnä (khwɔrnɔ)

Limbu: khɔnɔkwa

Dumi: hɨrnɨ

Yamphu: kho-noʔwa 'snoring'

Proto-Kiranti: *xōt

Meaning: boil (n.)

Kaling: hwɔsmö

Limbu: ho

Kulung: khɔ

Proto-Kiranti: *xräp

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: weep

Tulung: khrap- lament, weep

Limbu: hāp-mā-siŋmā moan, hāpmā phik-mā wail

Kulung: khamma

Yamphu: ha:pma

Comments: Toba 88 *khrap-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒak

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to swim

Limbu: wa-ʒak-maʔ

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒàŋ

Meaning: peacock

Tulung: ʒɔ

Kaling: ʒãwwa (*ʒàŋ + *wa bird q.v.)

Kulung: ǯɔwa

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒä

Meaning: grain

Kaling: ʒä

Limbu: cā crop, meal, food

Dumi: ʒā

Kulung: ǯa

Comments: Toba 94 *jäm (adding Tul. ʒam 'cooked rice'?)

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒä́k (/*ʔc-)

Meaning: know, clever

Sunwar: ʒō-ca know, 'ʒōk-b clever, intelligent, skilful

Tulung: cǝk- know, cǝkca careful

Kaling: 'cunä ('caktu) know how to do smth., 'cakpä wise, intelligent

Limbu: cāpā wise

Dumi: cīlǝ (?)

Comments: Toba 92 *cak-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒè(k)s

Meaning: speak, sound

Tulung: ʒes- speak, sound

Kaling: ʒenä (ʒeŋɔ) speak, make a sound

Limbu: cekmā (cektu) make hear, ceŋmā (cekkhu) talk

Dumi: ʒēnɨ

Kulung: chɔ̄ma 'call' (?)

Comments: Toba 96 *jes-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒǝ́

Meaning: graze

Sunwar: 'ʒo-ca

Tulung: ʒa(t)-

Limbu: cā-merāmmā

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒǝ̀p ( / ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: wheat

Tulung: cop a wheat (Triticum sp.)

Kaling: ʒep-ser wheat

Dumi: cophu 'barley'

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒǝ̀r ( / ʔc-)

Meaning: pay

Tulung: ʒer loan (e.g. with interest)

Kaling: cwɔrnä (coru) prune, pay

Dumi: cǝrnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒ(h)ák

Meaning: shine

Tulung: ʒhɔk- glitter

Kaling: 'ʒɔnä ('ʒɔktu) make white, 'ʒɔhpä shining white

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒhàp

Meaning: right (правый)

Tulung: ʒöp- be beatiful, nice, ʒöp, ʒö right (as opposed to left)

Kaling: ʒhap

Limbu: cupehāŋ, cukwā right

Kulung: cupa

Comments: Toba 94 *jhep.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒhe- (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: mountain

Kaling: ʒhe-s

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒhék

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: cut, break

Tulung: ʒhɛk- cut notch

Kaling: 'ʒhenä ('ʒhegu) scratch (a tree)

Limbu: cekmā (cegepe) to break

Yamphu: cäkma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒhèŋ

Meaning: last, endure

Tulung: ʒē(t)- last, endure, survive

Kaling: ʒhenä

Kulung: cīma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒher

Meaning: thin

Tulung: ʒerpa

Kaling: ʒhwarpä

Comments: Toba 97 *jherpä.