Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: hi:mmaʔ, -hi:nd-/-hi:n-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be very disappointed, have a bad experience, be disillusioned, be let down, become disenchanted (with infinitive) phidim pe:kmaʔ mɛhi:ndɛ hɛnaNbhɛlle sa:rik namille tɔrusi. lamʔo: hɛnaN iNmʔ camʔ mɛNgho:sun. hɛkyaN mɛhi:ndɛ. They had a bad experience going to Phidīm because they were severely scorched by the sun. They could find nothing to buy or eat on the way. So they are disenchanted. (i.e. They shall not go to Phidīm again).

Entry: hi:pmaʔ, -hi:b-/-hi:p-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be or get planed with a phɛdza, be scraped off (of an outer layer or pellicle); 2) vt., plane, scrape off (an outer layer)

Comments: 2) hi:buN I'm scraping/planing.

Entry: hi:pmaʔ, -hi:pt-/-hi:p-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: keep and raise a sacrificial animal in honour of deity (sacrificial animals, once designated as such, may not be bartered or sold)

Comments: khɛN phakʔin hi:ptumbe We are raising that pig as a sacrificial animal [in honour of a deity]; sammaNʔo: waʔ hi:pmʔnaba rɔk wa: [That] chicken is being kept exclusively as a sacrificial animal for the deity.

Entry: hi:pmaʔ, -hi:pt-/-hi:p-

Comments: vide luNma hi:pmaʔ.

Entry: hi:siNmaʔ

Grammar: vr.

Meaning: turn about, look back, look around

Derivation: [< hi:maʔ, q.v.]

Comments: hi:siNaN ɔ:mɔttuN I turned around and looked; hi:siNɛʔ! Turn around!/Look back!

Entry: ho:mmaʔ, -ho:ps-/-ho:m-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: insert the migho:mbe: into the used fire laying it diagonally across one of the haʔluN for support

Comments: cf. migho:mbe:; cf. haʔluN.

Entry: ho:Nmaʔ, -ho:ks-/-ho:N-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: overturn, turn over, spill out.

Entry: ho:pmaʔ, -ho:pt-/-ho:p-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: not to be, not to exist, not to be available

Comments: the negative counterpart of existential 'to be' wa:maʔ, vide 3.2.

Entry: ho:pmaʔ, -ho:pt-/-ho:p-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: inhale (with sɔkma 'breath', suriʔl 'wind), toke; take a draw, drag or puff (whilst smoking)

Comments: cf. pi:pmaʔ.

Entry: hɔʔmaʔN

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sleep, the state of being asleep

Comments: (with the locative) hɔʔmaʔN-ʔo: mɛ-ba:ʔl (sleep-LOC nsAStalk) They talk in their sleep; cf. immaʔ, ipmna, khaʔl, miʔ, mikluN.

Entry: hɔmmaʔ, -hɔnd-/-hɔn-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be bloated all over one's body, suffer from dropsy.

Entry: hɔmmaʔ, -hɔnd-/-hɔn-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: open (door lamdhe:ʔl, bag suʔwa)

Derivation: [dir. < hɔ:pmaʔ burst open]

Comments: lamdhe:ʔl-in hɔnd-ɛʔ! (door-ABS open-IMP) Open the door!; cf. pha:Nmaʔ, thɛ:Nmaʔ.

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔks-/-hɔN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: search, look for

Comments: (also used as an intimidating threat: kɛhɔkswi:? lit. 'are you looking for something?'); cf. ko:pmaʔ.

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be pierced, be bored (a hole)

Derivation: [< hɔN hole]

Comments: cf. hɔNmaʔ.

Entry: hɔNmaʔ, -hɔNs-/-hɔN-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: pierce, bore a hole

Derivation: [caus. < hɔNmaʔ q.v.]

Comments: nɛghɔ mɛhɔNsu They pierced their ears; cf. tɔ:maʔ.

Entry: hɔpmaʔ, -hɔpt-/-hɔp-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: wash

Comments: kɛ-na-:n kɛ-hɔpt-u-wi:? - hɔpt-u-N-ba (your-face-ABS 2-wash-3P-Q - wash-3P-1sA-IPF) Did you wash your face? - I did.

Entry: hɔtmaʔ, -hɔtt-/-hɔt-/-hɔʔl

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: fit, fit into

Comments: suʔwaʔo: hɔttui: mɛhɔttunni:? Does it fit into the bag or not?

Entry: hɔ:maʔ, -hɔ:s-/-hɔ:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: bark

Comments: maktaNba sa:rik hɔ:sɛ Blacky barked terribly.

Entry: hɔ:maʔ, -hɔ:s-/-hɔ:-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: puncture, burst open.

Derivation: [caus. < hɔ:pmaʔ burst open]

Entry: hɔ:nɛ:maʔ, hɔ:-nɛ:s-/hɔ:-nɛ:-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: to be that way (of a situation).

Derivation: [< nɛ:maʔ be situated]

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