Meaning:scatter, spill (either intentionally or unintentionally); sow
Derivation:[caus. < sɛpmaʔ be scattered]
Comments:waʔ-haʔma:kisɛs-ɛʔpi:r-ɛs-ɛʔ! (chicken-p maize scatter-IMP give-nsP-IMP) give the chickens maize!; pho:kwabɛ-llekɛrɛksyaʔsɛs-u (youngest male offspring-ERG all rice spill-3P) Youngest brother spilt all the rice.
Entry:sɛmikla
Grammar:n.
Meaning:a mythological reed.
Entry:sɛmikla-khappu
Grammar:n.
Meaning:the ash of a mythological reed from Tibet.
Meaning:I) 1) split up, go one's separate ways, disperse or break up (after a gathering) 2) leave the parental or po:Nmaʔ him 'birth home' (said of a ce:li, viz. daughter/sister taking up residence in the household of her spouse after marriage); II) separate
Derivation:[dir. < sɛpmaʔ be scattered]
Comments:I) 1) sɛnchi,sɛndi (the 1di and 1pi adhortative) good-bye; II) syaʔnumbamɛnnubasɛnd-u-N (rice good bad separate-3P-1sA) I'm separating the good from the bad rice.
Entry:sɛnche:luNma
Grammar:n.
Meaning:the Mahābhārat Lek range, running roughly parallel to and to the south of the Great Himalayan range
Meaning:1) be scattered, be spilt; 2) go one's separate ways, split up, break up (a gathering)
Comments:1) ma:kikɛrɛksɛrɛ the maize has all spilt out and scattered 2) sɔpmaNaniasɛʔl We shall get up and go our separate ways in a second; sɛri Let's break up the gathering; cf. sɛmmaʔ.
Meaning:1) be vain, conduct oneself vainly, be arrogant; 2) speak in obscurative slang, speak in riddles (Limbu is rife with secretive slang and cryptonyms)
Derivation:[< sɛtmaʔ pile up, build a wall]
Comments:1) kɛsɛtchiN You're vain; kɔNa:kkhya:ksɛtchiNba! How vainly he conducts himself! 2) khɛnɛʔsa:rikkɛsɛtchiNbakɛdzo:k You sure do speak in riddleś/ You really have a way with wordś
