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Entry: kɛ:pmaʔ, -kɛ:pt-/-kɛ:p-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: pinch

Comments: khɛnɛʔ kɛ:pnɛi:ʔ Shall I pinch youʔ; cf. phipmaʔ (1). Cf. PST *k(r)ēp.

Entry: kimaʔ, -kis-/-ki-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: (with comitative complement) fear, be frightened

Comments: so:ghanu kɛgisɛi:? Were you afraid of the phantom?; waʔnu kiʔɛ I'm afraid of the chicken.

Entry: ki:maʔ, -ki:r-/-ki:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: decompose, rot, putrefy

Comments: cf. ki:mmaʔ.

Entry: ki:mmaʔ, -ki:nd-/-ki:n-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: putrefy, allow to rot

Derivation: [dir. < ki:maʔ rot]

Comments: cɛmghik ki:nduN I shall putrefy the soybean dish.

Entry: ko:kmaʔ, -ko:kt-/-ko:k-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: prop something up

Derivation: [dir. < ko:kmaʔ q.v.]

Comments: kɛ-gɔk-ʔin mɛ-yuN-nɛn gɔrɔ luN-ille ko:kt-ɛʔ! (your-load-ABS NEG-sit-NEG if rock-INST prop up-IMP) If your pack won't stay put, prop it up with a stone!

Entry: ko:maʔ, -ko:s-/-ko:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be hot (of substances and objects not undergoing combustion)

Comments: haNwa ko: The rice water is hot; cf. haNwama, le:kmaʔ, mɔkmaʔ, ya:mmaʔ, yɛmmaʔ.

Entry: ko:maʔ, -ko:s-/-ko:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: guard, care for, look after

Comments: kɛdukpa mǝna:n ko:suN I'm taking care of the sick man; him ko:sɛʔ! Look after the house!/keep an eye on the house!

Entry: ko:Nmaʔ, -ko:ks-/-ko:N-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: get oneself a pillow, use something as a pillow

Comments: ko:ksɛʔ! get yourself a pillow!; sira:ni ko:ksuN I've got myself a pillow; cf. ko:kmaʔ.

Entry: ko:pmaʔ, -ko:tt-/-ko:t-/-ko:ʔl

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: look for, search

Derivation: [< Pa_cthare Limbu]

Comments: cf. hɔNmaʔ.

Entry: kɔkmaʔ, -kɔkt-/-kɔk-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: grow stiff (due to the cold or to rigor mortis)

Comments: cuN-ille kɔktaN I'm frozen stiff because of the cold.

Entry: kɔkmaʔ, -kɔkt-/-kɔk-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: bear young (nonhuman agent), bring forth (yaN money, kudzaʔ fruit)

Comments: cf. thapmaʔ.

Entry: kɔmmaʔ, -kɔm-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: graze (patient: livestock).

Entry: kɔmmaʔ, -kɔnd-/-kɔn-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: cover on foot, walk, walk down

Comments: kɛrɛk him kɔnduNsiN I covered all the houses (cf. Dutch aflopen in, for example, ik heb de hele stad afgelopen);\x cf. takɔmmaʔ.

Entry: kɔpmaʔ, -kɔtt-/-kɔt-/-kɔʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: have, possess

Comments: ya:k kɛgɔttuwi:? Have you got a gift?

Entry: kɔNmaʔ, -kɔks-/-kɔN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: get unsure footing

Comments: kɔks-aN-aN kɛN-aN (get unsure footing-1sPS/PT-pfG stumble and fall-1sPS/PT) My footing became unsure, and I stumbled and fell.

Entry: kɔNya:pmaʔ, kɔN-ya:r-/-kɔN-ya:t-/kɔN-ya:ʔl

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be this much, amount to this much

Derivation: [kɔN this + ya:pmaʔ be an amount]

Comments: cf. a:kkhya:pmaʔ, kɔNya:ppa, khɛNya:pmaʔ.

Entry: kudzanumaʔ, kudza-nur-/kudza-nu-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: taste delicious; be delicious (esp. food)

Derivation: [kudza food + numaʔ be alright]

Comments: mi:n kudzanu, mɛnchaʔe:! The fire is delicious (i.e. delightfully warm), grandchild!

Entry: kudzaphɛmmaʔ, kudza-phɛʔr-/kudza-phɛn-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: taste bad, taste awful

Derivation: [kudza food + phɛmmaʔ spoil; cf. kusaphɛmmaʔ, phɛʔlaʔmaʔ, phɛʔ- la:mmaʔ]

Comments: kɔN tɔkʔin sa:rik kudzaphɛn This rice really tastes awful.

Entry: kuhuʔma

Comments: vide huʔma.

Entry: kumakla

Grammar: adj.n.

Meaning: black

Derivation: [mak black + colour affixes]

Comments: cf. maktaNba, makkɛlɔʔba.

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