Yamphu dictionary : Query result

Entry: lä:kpujik

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: worm.

Nepali: gãḍyaulo

Entry: lä:ŋa

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: testicles.

Entry: le

Stem: <-le ; -re>

Grammar: suffix.

Meaning: contrary-to-expectation focus suffix.

Entry: leʔ

Stem: <-leʔ ; -reʔ>

Grammar: suffix.

Meaning: a) restrictive focus suffix, only; b) small, of little value, mere

Comments: ig.ha pissa.ret.ci ham.p.te khä:.n.j.e? (this.PLNR children.only.NS where.LOC.ISF go.NP.DU.FCT) Where are these little children going? akma indok.ma.ret.te? (pig like_what.ATNR.only.ISF) What kind of mere pig? goru.ret.ci.go iŋ.ʔind.u.ji ki? (goru.only.NS.TH buy.NP.о3.3NS ki) I wonder if you'll buy the small oxen?

Entry: leʔma I

Stem: <-led- ; -let- ; -le:->

Grammar: v.intr.aux. & v.tr.aux.

Meaning: (is realised as <-red- ; -ret- ; -rez-> after vowels) expresses that the situation denoted by the main verb is either brief or intercurrent with some other occupation

Comments: Dutch even iets doen; kaŋ.b.äʔ.yu khäʔ.led.e cin.siʔ. (my.father.POS.HRZ go.stop.IMP learn.SUP) Go to my father for a while, in order to learn! bas mäl.lel.lo huŋ.leʔ.ma khä:.ye. (bus NEG.come.ALG wait.stop.INF must.FCT) We'll have to wait a minute till the bus comes.

Entry: leʔma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <lett- ; let->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: a) to stop, to cease b) to let go c) to abandon

Comments: a) lep.pes.e! (stop.RES.IMP) Let go!/Stop it! c) leʔ.yuŋ.ʔo:.tt.u. (abandon.put.PURP.PF.о3) He has abandoned it.

Nepali: choḍnu, choḍi rākhnu

Entry: lelle

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: the whole day, all day long.

Entry: lem

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: tongue

Comments: lem hä:ppema lit. to bite the tongue, i.e. kick the bucket.

Entry: lema

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <-les- ; -le- ; -le:->

Grammar: v.intr.aux. & v.tr.aux.

Meaning: (is realised as <-res- ; -re- ; -re:-> after vowels) to know how to

Comments: mi:t.cäʔ.les.u.ŋ.ni. (blow.bring.know.о3.EXAG.NNP) I can't play [the flute] quite like him.

Entry: lemma I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <lend-/less- ; len- ; le:-/len->

Grammar: v.intr.

Meaning: to come.

Nepali: āunu

Entry: lemma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <len-/less- ; len->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: to exchange, to swap.

Nepali: sāṭnu

Entry: lenda

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: afternoon, or more precisely: the time of day after breakfast until about four o'clock.

Nepali: diūso

Entry: lendawäʔ

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: in the afternoon.

Entry: le:ghuwamba

Grammar: n.

Meaning: wise, knowledgeable person, an intelligent or learned person, expert.

Entry: le:ma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <les- ; le:->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to know, to have knowledge of

Comments: le:dokma v.tr. to find out, attain knowledge of; le:meʔma to inform, let know.

Nepali: jānnu, thāhā hunu

Entry: liʔlikkumma

Grammar: n.

Meaning: a species of bird.

Entry: lik

Grammar: suffix.

Meaning: adverbial participle

Comments: kaŋlik a-tumbling; pumlik in a stuffing manner.

Entry: liŋghiʔ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: a kind of bug.

Nepali: ṭhulo sallā

Entry: li:ma

Stem: <li:- ; -lis->

Grammar: v.intr.

Meaning: to start to be, to become.

Comments: Cf. Dumi lɨnɨ.

Entry: lo I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <-lo ; - ro>

Grammar: suffix.

Meaning: hearsay evidential, marks reported or indirect speech.