Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *khä(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bitter

Sunwar: 'ka-só (k- is unclear)

Tulung: khes- taste bitter, feel bitter;

Kaling: khäpä

Limbu: khik

Dumi: khānɨ, khākpɨ

Kulung: khikpa adj., khīma v.

Yamphu: khikma

Comments: Cf. *khìŋ 'bile' (which could have influenced the L, Yam and Kul vocalism). Toba 88 *khäpä.

Proto-Kiranti: *kheculi ( ~ x-)

Meaning: elbow

Tulung: khicüli

Kaling: khecülü

Kulung: khacalu

Yamphu: khänsrukma (?)

Comments: Cf. Chepang kuculi. Toba 89 *kheculü.

Proto-Kiranti: *khek

Meaning: burn

Sunwar: khi-ca (why not *khēk-ca ?)

Tulung: khɛk- be scorched, burn

Kaling: 'khe-nä scorch (EKg)

Limbu: khɛkmaʔ

Kulung: khima

Comments: Sunwar and Kulung reflect perhaps a separate root *khi.

Proto-Kiranti: *[kh]ek

Meaning: hang up

Sunwar: khī-ca hang rope

Tulung: khɛk- (= hɛk-) hang up

Kaling: 'khenä ('khehtu) hang up, put on, wear by hanging around neck or shoulders

Kulung: kāma

Proto-Kiranti: *khèk, -kVr-cV (//*kV̀r-cV)

Meaning: hook

Tulung: kakarca, karca, karcali

Kaling: kherɔkso

Limbu: khekcurī (but also phekcuri)

Yamphu: khäk- 'to hook'

Proto-Kiranti: *khem ( ~ *ʔk-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: hear, sense

Limbu: khɛmmaʔ hear; smell, sense

Yamphu: khemma hear, listen, heed

Proto-Kiranti: *khǝ̀l ( ~ *x-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: move

Tulung: khǝl- shift, move (smth. heavy)

Kaling: khwɔlnä (kholu) shift, move

Kulung: khǝlma

Proto-Kiranti: *khǝ̀l-eŋ, -Vm

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: all; twenty

Tulung: khole, khotle all

Kaling: khöleŋ all, everything, khölede everywhere; 'tu-khäl twenty

Limbu: khyām all (?); (VD) kɛrɛk

Dumi: khǝlǝ

Kulung: khal 'score', khɔ̄lɔ 'all, every'

Comments: Toba *kholeŋ; 98 *khäl '20'.

Proto-Kiranti: *khǝn-li ( ~ *khǝt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: foot, leg

Sunwar: khojli foot

Tulung: khel leg, foot

Proto-Kiranti: *[kh]ǝ̀r

Meaning: fry

Sunwar: kar-ca

Kaling: khwɔrnä (khoru)

Dumi: kharnɨ

Proto-Kiranti: *khi

Meaning: spittle, spit

Tulung: -ki in thaŋki, thǝŋki spittle

Kaling: khi in khi 'thunä spit; 'khimö saliva

Proto-Kiranti: *khì

Meaning: string

Kaling: khi string, rope-ladder

Limbu: khi thread

Kulung: sa-khi

Yamphu: khi

Comments: Cf. also T kh- in khrep- twist (strands of rope) = L khi-lip-mā twist thread.

Proto-Kiranti: *khìnu- (//ʔk-)

Meaning: pus

Tulung: kǝn

Kaling: khünüwä

Dumi: khɨ́ni

Kulung: khunwa

Comments: Toba 94 *khänwe. Cf. Yamphu kimma (kim-) 'decay, rot'; Limbu kīmaʔ 'rot (i.)' (kī(r)-), kīmmaʔ (tr.) (kīn-). Perhaps two (or more?) roots, hopelessly confused.

Proto-Kiranti: *khìŋ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: bile

Tulung: khiŋ

Kaling: khaŋ; khi gall bladder

Limbu: khīŋ

Kulung: khiŋ

Yamphu: khiʔwäŋ

Comments: Some interaction with *khä 'bitter' was possible. Toba *kha_ŋ.

Proto-Kiranti: *khíp ( ~ x-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: tight

Tulung: khip- tighten

Kaling: 'khamnä ('khaptu) pull firm (waistband), khapsipä tight (of clothes)

Proto-Kiranti: *[kh]i-sǝ

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: deer

Kulung: khisi

Yamphu: ki:sa

Proto-Kiranti: *khi(t)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: comb

Dumi: khītnɨ

Kulung: khima

Yamphu: khi:kma

Proto-Kiranti: *khīläm ( ~ *x-)

Meaning: ghee

Tulung: khilam

Kaling: khiläm

Proto-Kiranti: *khlè

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: dog

Tulung: khlewa, khleja (AS khleba)

Kaling: khlep

Limbu: khjābā dog, khjāmā bitch, khjāsā puppy

Dumi: khībɨ, khību; dial. khlebu

Kulung: kheba 'dog', khepme 'bitch'

Comments: Toba 89 *khlepa.

Proto-Kiranti: *khli

Meaning: intestines

Sunwar: kī

Tulung: sikhli, cekhli

Kaling: ciskhli

Limbu: hi-duʔl

Dumi: sākhil

Kulung: ciskhil

Yamphu: khi-rik 'kidneys'

Comments: Compounds: *cikkhli, *cikcǝkhli, see *cik 'kidney' (Toba 88 *ciskhli). Cf. *χli 'faeces'.