Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: wahɔpsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: wash up (one's face and hands)

Derivation: [< wahɔpmaʔ]

Entry: wakho:mba

Grammar: n.

Meaning: little semi-artificial water reservoir, encased and covered with boulders and large rock slabs, fed and replenished by a natural (sometimes re-channeled and occasionally sluggish but generally constant) source

Derivation: [< *wa water]

Comments: cf. kuwa.

Entry: walɔ:mmaʔ, wa-lɔ:nd-/wa-lɔ:n-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: leak.

Derivation: [*wa water + lɔ:mmaʔ exude, egress]

Entry: wamaʔ, -was-/-wa-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: experience, in the expression: -miʔ wamaʔ be sleepy

Comments: kɛ-miʔ was-ɛ-i:? (2-sleepy experience-PT-Q) Are you sleepy?; cf. yu:ma (1).\x

Entry: wamɛpmaʔ, wa-mɛtt-/wa-mɛt-/wa-mɛʔl

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: irrigate, water

Derivation: [< *wa water]

Comments: khe: wamɛpmaʔ po:N The potatoes must be irrigated; cf. waraNmaʔ.

Entry: wa:maʔ, -way-/-wa:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.irr.

Meaning: existential 'to be', sit, dwell, exist, be available

Comments: aNga biha co:g-u-N, a-saʔ mɛ-wa: (I marriage do-3P-1sA, my-child nsAS-be) I am married and have children; vide 3.2.

Entry: wa:mmaʔ, -wa:nd-/-wa:n-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) brush aside, wave aside; 2) blow away; 3) shake, rock, sway to and fro

Comments: 1) andhɛbare kuhukʔille kha:kmiʔl wa:nduwaN thik na:ndaN paNsu-de:su My grandfather brushed the cloud aside his hand and sent it on its way 2) suriʔl-le wa:nduba The wind blew it away 3) ɔNʔe:kwa:n wa:ndɛʔ! Rock the baby!; pho:ndaʔ wa:ndu He's rocking the baby basket; siNbo:N mɛwa:ndu They're swaying the tree back and forth; kundzumin wa:nduba He shook his friend back and forth; wa:ndɛʔ! Shake it back and forth!.

Entry: wa:nchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: sway or slosh back and forth

Derivation: [< wa:mmaʔ sway back and forth]

Comments: pitnu kho:rɛʔlo: sa:rik wa:nchiNɛ The milk sloshed violently back and forth in the beaker.

Entry: wa:pmaʔ, -wa:r-/-wa:t-/-wa:ʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: put on, wear, apply (jewelry, ornaments, cosmetics; not clothes)

Comments: nɛse:ʔ mɛwa:ru They're wearing Limbu earrings; cf. caNmaʔ, khu:Nmaʔ.

Entry: wa:pmaʔ, -wa:tt-/-wa:t-/-wa:ʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: put jewelry or ornaments on someone, apply cosmetics to someone

Derivation: [dir. < wa:pmaʔ put on jewelry]

Comments: ṭika wa:tnɛ I'll put ṭīkā on your forehead; wa:ttaN She dressed me up (viz. with jewelry and cosmetics).

Entry: wa:tchiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: apply to oneself, put on

Derivation: [< wa:pmaʔ]

Comments: aNga casma wa:tchiNʔɛ I'll put on my glasses.

Entry: waphe:ʔ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sickle.

Entry: wapma, -watt-/-wat-/-waʔl

Grammar: vi.vt.

Meaning: totalizing aspectivizer

Comments: vide 5.3.12.

Entry: warakmaʔ, wa-rakt-/wa-rak-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: get wet, become wet

Derivation: [< *wa water]

Comments: cf. waraNmaʔ.

Entry: waraNluNma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the (moist) Siwalik hills above the Terai, running parallel to and to the south of the Mahābhārat Lekh

Derivation: [waraN- make wet + luNma mountain range]

Comments: Nep. cure pahāḍ, śivālik; cf. pho:ktaNluNma, sɛnche:luNma.

Entry: waraNmaʔ, wa-raks-/wa-raN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: make wet, moisten, dampen

Derivation: [caus. < warakmaʔ get wet]

Comments: aNga wagɛraNʔɛbai:? Are you going to make me wet?; anige khɛN waraNNʔnaba We made him wet; khunɛʔ khɛN waraksuba She made him wet; cf. wamɛpmaʔ.

Entry: ware:ʔ

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sarcasm, kidding, joking, insult (with co:kmaʔ and pa:pmaʔ)

Comments: cf. ware:ʔge:.

Entry: ware:ʔge:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: joker, crackpot.

Derivation: [ware:ʔ sarcasm + -ke: nom.sf.; cf. muso:kke:, sǝllakke:]

Entry: ware:kpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Litsea citrata, a tree whose leaves the Tibetans are said to use in making yumlakpa

Comments: Nep. silṭimur.

Entry: warummaʔ, wa-rups-/wa-rum-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: give a bath to, bathe someone

Derivation: [< *wa water]

Comments: aNga ko:co:ʔin warupsuN I gave the dog a bath.