Limbu dictionary : Query result

Entry: kyakpa

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: situated, positioned

Derivation: [< kyakmaʔ be put, -pa nom.sf.]

Comments: bhitra kyakpa mǝna:n se:ndo:sɛʔ 'e:n kɛhɔksuba' Ask the man inside whom he is looking for.

Entry: lɔʔllɔʔlpa

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: fresh.

Derivation: [< lɔʔl-lɔʔl just now + -pa nom.sf.]

Entry: ma pakma, -mma pakma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ego's father's second wife (if ego is the child of the first wife).

Entry: maNbhaya:ppa

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: medium-sized

Derivation: [*maNbha medium-sized + ya:pmaʔ be an amount, -pa nom. sf.]

Comments: cf. kɔNya:ppa, khɛNya:ppa.

Entry: nakma, -nnakma paNli

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ego's brother's daughter's husband (female speaking).

Entry: nakpa, -nnakpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ego's brother's son (female speaking).

Entry: nakpa paNli

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ego's brother's son's wife (female speaking).

Entry: nɛbho:pa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: vide nɛbho:.

Entry: nɛrɛʔl, nɛrɛtpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: heart.

Entry: nuʔpa

Grammar: n.

Meaning: father-in-law.

Derivation: [< pa father]

Entry: pa, -mba

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: father

Comments: also familiarly: father-in-law.

Entry: paʔiN

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ego's father's bond-friend or se:ba, q.v.

Entry: paha:ra pe:kmaʔ, -pe:g-/-pe:k- vi.

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: (polite) go to the toilet, answer the call of nature

Comments: cf. hiʔe:pmaʔ, se:maʔ.

Entry: pakma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: someone's second wife

Derivation: [< pakmaʔ be the younger + -ma NOM/f]

Comments: aNga pakma-re kusaʔ-ʔɛ I am the son of the second wife; (bigamy is a traditionally accepted though by no means widespread practice in Limbu society; bigamy is legal under current Nepali law, provided neither the first wife nor a sympathizer have filed a complaint with the authorities within 45 days after the second marriage, but polygamy involving more than two wives is illegal); cf. tumma.

Entry: pakmaʔ, -pag-/-pak-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) delve, draw soil, mine; 2) scrape or rake towards oneself.

Entry: pakmaʔ, -pakt-/-pak-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: be younger, be the younger one.

Entry: pa-khu:N

Grammar: n.

Meaning: valley

Derivation: [< *khuN river valley]

Comments: cf. ya-khu:N.

Entry: panyo:

Grammar: n.

Meaning: long-handled metal spoon with a flat circular scoop for stirring and serving rice, usu. of steel or aluminium

Derivation: [< Nep. panyu_]

Comments: cf. ta:bilo:.

Entry: paNghi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: yam.

Derivation: [? khe: white yam]

Entry: paNli, -mbaNli

Grammar: n.

Meaning: 1) son's wife, 2) brother's son's wife (male speaking), 3) sister's son's wife (female speaking); Also occasionally: 4) sister's son's wife (male speaking), 5) brother's son's wife (female speaking).