Kiranti etymology : Query result

Proto-Kiranti: *[th]V́p (/ʔt-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: strike, pound

Sunwar: 'tup-ca pound grain

Tulung: dep- strike, hit, thresh

Kaling: 'tup-

Limbu: thāmmā (thāpsu) to thresh; to throw down (opponent)

Dumi: dāpnɨ

Kulung: damma 'knock' (dup-)

Yamphu: thamma 'to shake out, thresh'; tho:pma 'to shove, push'

Comments: Perhaps 2 roots (cf. the opposition in Y; Dumi suggests that one of them could have *d-, not *th-), but very hard to distinguish, and additionally influenced by the synonymous *ʔtúp q.v. Toba *'dep-.