Meaning:goddess of the main house (ideally, in addition to the main house, one and occasionally two minor dwellings abut onto the Limbu farmyard or lɔkkhum)
Meaning:drool, spit out, allow to fall down from the mouth to a surface below
Derivation:[caus. < ɔʔmaʔ break off]
Comments:ɔ:sɛʔɔ:sɛʔ! Spit it out, spit it out!; thɛʔlɔ:maʔ let spit fall vertically from one's mouth; a-gha:kwɛʔlɔ:s-u-N (1-phlegm drool-3P-1sA) I let my phlegm drip vertically down from my mouth to the ground; cf. tho:kmaʔ,-thɛʔl,sɔ:maʔ.
Comments:aNgapakma-rekusaʔ-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.
