Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔòr

Meaning: break off

Tulung: or break off maize cobs

Kaling: wɔrnä (oru) break off (ears of corn)

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔot

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: shine

Limbu: ōtmaʔ

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

Proto-Kiranti: *[ʔp]a

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bamboo

Limbu: pha

Dumi: pha-poʔo 'bamboo culm sheath'

Kulung: ba-phu

Yamphu: pak 'a k. of bamboo' (cf. also a:bhu 'bamboo', a:mi 'young bamboo shoots')

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpek

Meaning: to bloom, unfold

Limbu: phɛkmaʔ

Yamphu: äkma 'to blossom', äʔwa 'flower'

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: pig, hog

Sunwar: pō

Tulung: boa

Kaling: 'po

Limbu: phāk

Dumi: poʔo

Kulung: bɔ̄

Yamphu: akma

Comments: Toba 93 *'bo.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝk

Meaning: wipe, sweep

Tulung: bǝk- wipe

Kulung: bēma

Yamphu: okma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝ̀(-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: knit

Kaling: pönä (pɔŋɔ) weave, knit, crochet, pöpä weaver, pönpä woven

Limbu: phomā (phondu) knit

Dumi: pɨnɨ

Kulung: bǝma

Yamphu: a:ma

Comments: Toba 98 *pem- (erroneously).

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝ́t (/-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: tether, tie up

Sunwar: 'pajk-ca tether

Tulung: bǝt- tie up (person, bale of straw)

Kaling: 'pwɔnnä ('potu) tie, wrap around

Dumi: pātnɨ

Comments: Toba 97 *'bât. In Dum. cf. also pǝnnɨ 'spin'.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpì (-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: come

Sunwar: pi-ca

Tulung: bik- come directly across (?); (Toba) bi-

Kaling: pinä (piŋɔ)

Limbu: phemmā (pherā) come

Dumi: pīnɨ

Kulung: baima

Comments: Toba 88 *pi-.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpi(k)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: fart

Kaling: pinä (piŋɔ) let wind, pin anus, 'pikmö stomach wind

Limbu: phepmā (phessu) to fart

Dumi: pīnɨ

Kulung: bema

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpó-ʔkä

Meaning: ashes; mud, soil

Tulung: phoka

Kaling: 'pök (CSDP 'pöhk) earth, mud, soil

Dumi: pɨkhɨ

Kulung: bɔhɔ

Yamphu: akkhuma

Comments: A compound with *ʔkä 'earth' q.v. Toba 87 *poyka, 89, 96 *böko.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpók

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: belly, stomach

Kaling: muphu abdomen, belly (?< *mi-ʔpók, where mi "man")

Limbu: sappōk

Dumi: mupu

Kulung: bɔ

Yamphu: nam-bhu

Comments: On the compound *sä̀ʔpók bladder, stomach see under *seŋ liver, kidney. Toba *po.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpopo[k]

Meaning: owl

Tulung: bobok (AS bobop) owl

Kaling: popwɔp forest eagle-owl

Limbu: phɔkthimba

Dumi: dili-popo

Yamphu: okciba, opciba

Comments: For Yamphu cf. perhaps rather Kal. 'huca, Kul. huhu (Toba 93 *huCa).

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔprèl

Meaning: seed

Tulung: brǝl seed, semen

Kaling: prel-ko pod, seed capoule

Kulung: bel

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpù

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dry

Tulung: bu- dry (over fire)

Kaling: pünä (püŋɔ) dry by smoking

Yamphu: u:ma 'dry in the sun'

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔp[ú]jV

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: head

Sunwar: 'pija

Tulung: buj

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpúk

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: throw down

Tulung: bok- throw (in wrestling)

Kaling: 'punä ('puktu) overturn, throw down (wood from cliff)

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpúlu

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: ashes

Sunwar: 'pulu

Kaling: 'püjü

Dumi: pɨʔɨ

Kulung: chu-bui (?)

Comments: [Kaling, Dumi and Kulung rather reflect a different compound *ʔpu-ju - cf. ST *jU.

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtaN

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: long

Limbu: thāmba

Dumi: tānām

Yamphu: ämma

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔtáp (~ *-úp)

Meaning: ladder

Kaling: 'tapde (EKg)

Limbu: thobe