Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *jok

Meaning: move

Sunwar: jāk-ca shift, jāk-si-ca move to other place

Tulung: juk- poke (for ex. metal spike on blade into wooden handle when making tool)

Kaling: 'jonä ('joh-) move, transfer, shift

Limbu: ikmā/iŋmā (ikkhu) remove

Dumi: joknɨ 'distribute, portion out'

Comments: Toba 95 *yok-.

Proto-Kiranti: *jó[l]i (?)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: chin

Sunwar: 'jojli

Tulung: joʒi

Yamphu: ya-buk mouth (?)

Proto-Kiranti: *jòŋ

Meaning: melt

Sunwar: je-ca

Tulung: joŋ-

Kaling: jonä (joŋu)

Limbu: jonmā (jondu) to thaw, jonmā (jondā) to melt

Kulung: jɔ̄ma

Proto-Kiranti: *jo(ŋ)

Meaning: river

Kaling: 'jo

Kulung: jɔwa

Yamphu: joŋ-wa

Comments: Toba 94 *yo.

Proto-Kiranti: *jóps

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: break (in small pieces)

Tulung: jops- disintegrate, rust away, turn to dust

Kaling: 'jwɔmnä (j́obu) make small,fine, break into small pieces

Limbu: jupmā (juttu) to grind; sharpen

Kulung: jemma 'thresh, eat greedily', jǝmma 'crush, bruise'

Yamphu: jipma 'to sharpen'; jopma 'break into splinters, grind to dust'

Comments: Some interaction with *r[o]p is possible. Toba 91 *yap- (also confused with *jàl q.v.).

Proto-Kiranti: *jɔk ( ~ r-)

Meaning: shed, hut

Limbu: jɔkma

Yamphu: yaksa

Proto-Kiranti: *ju

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: down

Sunwar: 'uju

Tulung: -ju down at, down to

Kaling: -mä-jü (for -mä- cf. -mä-tü up) down, under

Limbu: jo down, below

Dumi: jukko

Comments: Cf. *jV(k).

Proto-Kiranti: *juk ( ~ r-)

Meaning: to mount, sit on

Limbu: jukmaʔ

Yamphu: jukma

Proto-Kiranti: *jùl (?)

Meaning: haze

Tulung: jun haze

Kaling: jül heat haze

Kulung: jul

Comments: Toba 91 *yun. May be *jùl-nV or *jùn-lV ?

Proto-Kiranti: *ju[n]

Meaning: evening

Limbu: junchik, jusik

Kulung: jūpa

Yamphu: juda

Proto-Kiranti: *jùnpi(k)

Meaning: -in-law

Tulung: jumpi youngest of a series of siblings

Kaling: jumpi brother-in-law (term used by woman)

Proto-Kiranti: *juŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to sit

Limbu: yuŋ-maʔ

Proto-Kiranti: *jút

Meaning: succeed

Tulung: jut- succeed in, manage to

Kaling: 'jannä ('jattu) find time to do smth.

Dumi: jātnɨ 'like, be fond'

Proto-Kiranti: *jV(-k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: descend

Sunwar: 'ji-ca

Tulung: jok- come down; fall (of rain)

Kaling: jenä (jeŋɔ)

Limbu: jumā (jū) descend

Dumi: jīnɨ

Kulung: juma 'come down'; juima 'bring down' (?)

Yamphu: joŋsiʔ 'the lower part', juma, ju:ma 'descend', juŋma 'to put down'

Comments: Probably = *ju 'down'. Toba *je(k)-.

Proto-Kiranti: *jV-n

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: big, large

Limbu: yǝmmaʔ, -yǝnd-/-yǝn-

Proto-Kiranti: *jVnam

Meaning: rainy season

Kaling: junäm (Toba)

Kulung: jenam

Comments: Toba 94 *yVnäm.

Proto-Kiranti: *ka ( ~ ʔk-)

Meaning: from

Sunwar: -ke of

Tulung: -ka erg. instr. adv. suffix

Kaling: -kɔ from (time, space)

Proto-Kiranti: *Ka (/ʔk-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: speech; to call

Limbu: khɔ̄maʔ

Yamphu: kha speech; kāma 'call'

Proto-Kiranti: *kak

Meaning: to cross over, step over

Limbu: ka:kmaʔ

Kulung: kɔma

Yamphu: ka:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *kàlaŋte ( ~*ʔk-)

Meaning: naked

Tulung: kalatüp, kolatüp, khalaŋte

Kaling: kɔlɔnte