Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: na:nhaN

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: on that side, to that side

Derivation: [na: there + -*nahaN direction]

Comments: na:nhaN kɔtna:nhaN on this side and that, adjacent to one another, in juxtaposition.

Entry: nɛdhaNba, -ndhaNba

Grammar: n.

Meaning: proprietor.

Entry: pɔ:tthaN

Grammar: n.

Meaning: large shawl, worn by women as a headdress and torso-covering, also used as bedclothes (Nep. pachyaurā, pacheurā).

Entry: phanɔk

Grammar: m.

Meaning: 1) bamboo shoot; 2) spicy dish made from young bamboo shoots

Derivation: [< pha bamboo]

Comments: 2) Nep. mesu.

Entry: phaN

Comments: vide phaʔaN.

Entry: phaNbhu

Grammar: num.col.

Meaning: nine

Comments: cf. phaNsi.

Entry: phaNlɛN

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: nine times.

Derivation: [phaN nine + lɛN turn]

Entry: phaNma, -phaN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: fence off, barricade.

Entry: phaNsi

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: num.

Meaning: nine.

Entry: phɛnchaN

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: left (antonym: cupsaN right).

Entry: phɛnchaNba

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: left (antonym: cupsaNba right).

Entry: phɛnchaNdiN

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: to the left, counter-clockwise.

Entry: sa:dhan

Grammar: n.

Meaning: wares, materials.

Derivation: [< Nep. sādhan]

Entry: -sira-dhaNmaʔ, -dhaN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: (-sira takes poss. prefixes) 1) please, like, be desired or desirable; 2) love, like, be pleased with someone

Derivation: [< thaNmaʔ come up, well up]

Comments: 1) sa:rik kusiradhaN lǝcǝ (very 3-please DEPR) It seems that he likes it very much; kɛ-sira-mɛ-dhaN-nɛn-ni:? (2-please-NEG-please-NEG-Q) Don't you like it? 2) amma amba khunchi-sira dhaNʔɛ My parents love me, my parents are pleased with me; cf. naʔnuʔmaʔ.

Entry: tɔʔi:nahaN

Grammar: n.adv.

Meaning: north

Derivation: [tɔʔi: north + *nahaN direction]

Comments: to the north, northward.

Entry: tutugɛntumyaNhaNsa

Grammar: n.poet.

Meaning: important personage.

Derivation: [*tutugɛn honest, virtuous; tum < tummaʔ be mature, yaN money, haNsa ʔ haNsaʔ prince]

Entry: thaNbɛn

Grammar: n.

Meaning: young man, lad, youth

Comments: cf. kɛpmaʔ (3).\x

Entry: thaNgɛʔl

Grammar: n.

Meaning: north.

Entry: thaNmaʔ, -thaN-

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: come up (movement ascending toward goal)

Comments: thaN-ɛ-i: mɛ-dhaN-nɛn-ni:? (come up-PT-Q NEG-come up-NEG-Q) Did it come up [through the pi:tchiN] or won't it? (said of hot thi: in a tɔNba); cf. yumaʔ, phɛmmaʔ, tamaʔ; cf. thakmaʔ, thaNmaʔ. Cf. PST *tjɨ̆ŋ(H).

Entry: thaNmaʔ, -thaNs-/-thaN-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: have brought up, send up.

Derivation: [caus. < thaNmaʔ come up]

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