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Entry: po:ʔye:ppa
Grammar: n.
Meaning: the fig tree Ficus roxburghii
Comments: Nep. nebhāro, nibāro.
Entry: po:dɛn
Grammar: n.
Meaning: position in society, post
Comments: kɛmbarɛn kubo:dɛn hɛn? What is your father's position in society?
Entry: po:kmaʔ, -po:g-/-po:k-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: 1) get up; 2) rise (of leavened comestibles); 3) be set up, be going on (of a hāṭ-bajār)
Comments: 1) po:gɛʔ! Get out of bed!; kha:kmiʔl sa:ʔrik po:gɛ It's very cloudy today; cf. ni:tchiNmaʔ, pho:Nmaʔ 3)\x cumluN po:klɔ ya:k The hāṭ-bajār is on; cf. pɔNmaʔ.
Entry: po:maʔ, -po:s-/-po:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: 1) make bigger, increase, enlarge 2) -nara po:maʔ [nara countenance] laud, praise, commend
Derivation: [caus. < po:mmaʔ grow] [?]
Comments: 1) kɔN him-min allɔ cukpa co:k kǝrǝ ta:ndik-atchɛnda:n po:s-u-N-aN yǝmba co:g-u-N (this house-ABS now small be but one of these days enlarge-3P-lsA-pfG large make-3P-1sA) Now this house is small, but one of these days I shall enlarge it and make it big; 2) kunara mɛbo:su They lauded him; cf. po:mmaʔ (2).
Entry: po:mmaʔ, -po:nd-/-po:n-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: be abundant, be numerous
Derivation: [dir. < po:maʔ]
Comments: mǝna mɛ-bo:nd-ɛ (man nsAS-abound-PT) There were many men; sidzahaʔ mɛbo:ndɛ rǝcǝ The flies appear to abound; cf. pho:mmaʔ.
Entry: po:mmaʔ, -po:r-/-po:n-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: 1) grow (of animals, inc. humans); 2) -nara po:maʔ [nara countenance] gain in esteem, gain in prestige
Comments: 1) cf. liNmaʔ 2)\x khɛnɛʔ kɛdzo:gulle kɛnara po:rɛ You have gained in esteem because of what you have done; cf. po:maʔ (2).
Entry: po:N
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: base
Comments: lɔkthik ke:mba siNbo:N-ille ku-bo:N-ʔo: mɛ-yuN-ɛ (one tall tree-GEN its-base-LOC nsAS-sit-PT) They sat at the base of one tall tree.
Entry: po:Nmaʔ him
Grammar: n.
Meaning: parental home, the house of one's sammabahaʔ
Derivation: [po:Nmaʔ be born + him house]
Comments: cf. pe:kmaʔ him.
Entry: po:Nmaʔ, -po:ks-/-po:N-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: be born.
Entry: po:Nmaʔ, -po:ks-/-po:N-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: 1) inchoative 'to be', become, happen; 2) be alright, be acceptable
Comments: 1) vide 3.6; the preterit form po:ksɛ sometimes translates as 'ago': lisi nasi ya:n po:ksɛ four or five days ago 2) phɛn gɔrɔ po:N It's O.K. if she comes.
Entry: po:Nmaʔ, -po:ks-/-po:N-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: must (as the auxiliary of exigency in impersonal constructions with a verb in the infinitive)
Comments: ta:ndik yʔllik iN-maʔ po:N (tomorrow much buy-INF EXIG) tomorrow we must buy many things, or tomorrow many things will have to be bought; allɔ anige pe:k-maʔ po:ksɛ (Now we go-INF EXIG-PT) Now we must go (i.e. the need has arisen that we go), vide 9.9.
Entry: po:Nwa:maʔ, po:N-way-/po:N-wa:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: play (of little children)
Comments: cf. ca:tmaʔ.
Entry: po:ro:ʔl
Grammar: adv.
Meaning: hanging, suspended
Derivation: [< pɔtmaʔ hang, be suspended]
Comments: Nep. tuŋdruŋai, tundruŋai; cf. tɛllɛm.
Entry: po:ro:ʔl-mi-yǝmbha-mi-maN, po:ro:t-mi-yǝmbha-mi-maN
Grammar: n.
Meaning: the hanging-tail-large-tailed god, the male aspect (yǝmbhami big-tailed) and the female aspect (po:ro:ʔlmi hanging-tail) are united in one long-tailed hermaphrodite god which is occasionally portrayed as a couple, residing in the deepest jungle where they determine the fate of Man, the creator of mankind in the Limbu pantheon.
Derivation: [po:ro:ʔl hanging + mi tail + yǝmbha < yǝmba large + mi tail + maN deity]
Entry: po:tmaʔ, -po:tt-/-po:t-/-po:ʔl
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: err, lose one's way
Comments: aNga him pe:gaNille lam po:ttaN I got lost on my way home; lam kɛbo:ttɛi:? Did you lose your way?
Entry: pɔʔe:ʔl
Grammar: n.
Meaning: flat circular winnowing basket (Nep. nāŋlo).
Entry: pɔʔiʔl
Grammar: n.
Meaning: cucumber
Comments: Nep. ka_krā.
Entry: pɔkwa
Grammar: n.
Meaning: basket (Nep. ḍālo).
Entry: pɔkwa
Comments: vide tɛʔtɛʔ pɔkwa.
Entry: pɔmmaʔ, -pɔnd-/-pɔn-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: 1) mould (eg. kha:m-ille with clay, piʔlhi-lle with cow dung, hilo:-lle with mud); 2) (with thɛge:kʔi) ball up one's hair into a bun.
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