Dumi dictionary : Query result

Entry: attha:mkuna

Grammar: adv.

Meaning: the day before the day before yesterday

Derivation: [na < na:m 'sun']

Comments: cf. amnɨ, aselma, asina, atina, lɨkdinna, na:mnɨ, sɨmdinna.

Entry: ba:kkuli

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the large square pit in the ground in which the sɨptɨlu is situated

Comments: cf. daʔlo:, sɨptɨlu.

Entry: ḍhukum

Grammar: n.

Meaning: Streptopelia spp. (tranquebarica, chinensis, orientalis) species of turtledove known in Nepali by the name ḍhukur, slightly smaller than a pigeon

Derivation: [< Nep. ḍhukur + -m nom.sf.]

Comments: the Nepali name is an onomatopoeic approximation of the bird's warbling call.

Entry: ku

Grammar: n.

Meaning: vide kɨ.

Derivation: [attested in the speech of middle-aged speakers of Dumi in the proper names of dhārās]

Entry: kukdi

Grammar: n.

Meaning: sharp digging implement with a blade the shape of which is reminiscent of the beak of a spoonbill

Nepali: kuṭo, kuṭe

Derivation: [kuk- < koknɨ 'dig']

Comments: see illustration; cf. kokda, koksa.

Entry: kulɨm

Grammar: n.

Meaning: black

Derivation: [kulɨ < Nep. kālo + -m nom.sf.]

Comments: cf. dɨtǝm, hi:tǝm.

Entry: kupbusɨ

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the tree Ficus semicordata (also known as F. cunia, F. cunii)

Nepali: khaniũ, khanāyo

Derivation: [attested in Sasarkā only; sɨ 'wood']

Comments: vide khoktarɨ.

Entry: kursibhu

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: the walnut tree Juglans regia

Nepali: okhar.

Derivation: [also attested in Sasarkā; -bhu 'tree']

Entry: khúduku

Grammar: vide khúdu.

Comments: [attested in Ciurīkharka only] vide khúdu.

Entry: ma:kum

Grammar: n.

Meaning: ginger

Nepali: ṭhūlo aduvā

Comments: cf. phiri:, sibim.

Entry: Mukuli-Ya:rita

Grammar: n.myth.

Meaning: the father of the original human family, one of the parents of Khopsi-Lɨkpa

Comments: cf. Dakhɨli-Surita.

Entry: sa:pdɨm-bukum

Grammar: n.

Meaning: jungles and forest, deep jungle; the plant kingdom

Derivation: [< sa:pdɨm 'jungle deity']

Comments: cf. sa:ʔlɨ.

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