Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: ukmaʔ, -ug-/-uk-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: scrape, scratch

Comments: cf. kho:pmaʔ, uNmaʔ.

Entry: umaʔ, -us-/-u-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: direct, lead

Comments: usuNsiN I directed them.

Entry: uNmaʔ, -uks-/-uN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) pick, pluck, pull, drag; 2) sɔkma uNmaʔ inhale; 3) the: uNmaʔ produce the: from bamboo (pha)

Derivation: [caus. < ukmaʔ scrape]

Comments: 2) sɔkma uksuN I inhale; mikho:ʔ kɛʔuksuwi:? Are you taking in smoke (said to a person coughing by the fire) 3) the: uNmaʔ po:N The bamboo must be split to produce the:; cf. khɛʔmaʔ.

Entry: uNsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: play tug-of-war (only with non-singular subject).

Derivation: [< uNmaʔ pick, pluck, pull]

Entry: u:pmaʔ, -u:tt-/-u:t-/-u:ʔl

Grammar: 1) vt. 2) vi.

Meaning: 1) call somebody, summon someone; 2) (with wiʔl 'rain') invoke rain

Derivation: [dir. < umaʔ direct]

Comments: 2) phe:daNma-haʔ-re wiʔl mɛ-u:ppa (shaman-p-ERG rain nsAS-summon-IPF) The shamans are calling down rain; cf. pa:ncha:tmaʔ, iNpho:mmaʔ.

Entry: waʔmaʔma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) hen; 2) the less intense arc of a rainbow (namde:Ngu)

Derivation: [< waʔ chicken]

Comments: 2) cf. iNwaʔ.

Entry: wade:mmaʔ, wa-de:nd-/wa-de:n-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: let something float away, let something be carried away in the current (human agent, as opposed to cwaʔl 'water' as agent).

Derivation: [< *wa water, caus. < te:ʔmaʔ take away]

Comments: cf. pɔNmaʔ (2).\x

Entry: wadzakmaʔ, wa-dzag-/wa-dzak-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: swim.

Derivation: [< *wa water]

Entry: wahaNmaʔ, wa-haN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: put water on the fire in which to boil something (= patient).

Derivation: [< *wa water + haNmaʔ send some- thing]

Entry: wahɔpmaʔ, wa-hɔpt-/wa-hɔp-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: wash with water, rinse

Derivation: [*wa- water + -hɔpmaʔ wash]

Comments: haʔ wahɔpmaʔ rinse one's mouth out (lit. rinse one's teeth).

Entry: wahɔpsiNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

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

Derivation: [< wahɔpmaʔ]

Comments: cf. warumsiNmaʔ.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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