ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2989 | lãgauṭī | var. lagauṭā; n. a loin-cloth. | t.t. |
3025 | lā̃kurī | var. lākuri, lākurī; n. Himalayan manna ash (Fraxinus floribunda Wall.), large deciduous tree often planted around villages in central and eastern Nepal (Manandhar 2002: 238–239). | t.t. |
2401 | le. karṇaila | [E.] abbr. for Lieutenant colonel. | t.t. |
2573 | lekhanadāsa | [S.] n. person or officer who scribes documents for private or official transactions. | t.t. |
2539 | lephṭena janarala | [fr. E.] lephaṭeṃṭa janarala; n. lieutenant general, military rank below general (janarala) and above major general (mejara janarala) (cf. Kumar 1967: 66, 98). | t.t. |
2540 | lephṭena karṇela | [fr. E.] var. lephṭeṃṭa karnela; n. lieutenant colonel, military rank below major generals (mejara janarala) and above colonel (karṇela) (cf. Kumar 1967: 66, 98). | t.t. |
2187 | lihalagata | var. gatalīhal, gatalihala, gataliha; adj. 1) current legal currency. 2) legally borrowed (money) with a written agreement (cf. NBŚ s.v. lihala). | t.t. |
2198 | likhitam | [S.] var. likhitama, likhītama, likhita; 1) adj. written. 2) n. a written document (as evidence). | t.t. |
2579 | liphā | [A.] n. blank document bearing a client's signature, thumbprint or seal. lt is handed over to an attorney, scribe or any other authorised person to be drawn up for the purpose specified by the client. | t.t. |
995 | lohakarmī | [S.] var. lohakarmi; n. 1) stonecutter, stoneworker (Parājulī et al. VS 2052: s.v. loha, M.C. Regmi 1978: 861); 2) blacksmith, metallworker (cf. lohāra and kāmī). | t.t. |
2067 | lohakila | var. luhakila; n. boundary peg, a boundary demarcation. | t.t. |
2450 | lohāra | [fr. S. lohakāra] n. an iron-worker, blacksmith (see also kāmī). | t.t. |
2153 | lokābhāra | [S.] n. "a system under which the local community undertook liability for payment of the stipulated revenue through a representative designated for that purpose" (M.C. Regmi 1978: 162) | t.t. |
1948 | lolopoto | var. lalopoto; flattery, compliment (Turner 1931: s.v. lolo-poto; cf. ibid.: s.v. lallo-pato). | t.t. |
2898 | loṭā | n. a small round water pot usually made of brass or copper. | t.t. |
2979 | Lu Cuyāṃ Śyāṅga Cyāṅga | [Chin.] n. An honorary military title in the Chinese army. This title was bestowed on Prime Minister Juddha Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā in 1934 (Prasad 1975: 121). | t.t. |
3046 | luthāma | [New.] var. lusā, Lusāhāpa, lhusā, lũsāhā; n. lit. "golden pillar", repoussé metal decorative pieces of a chariot (Owens 1989, 406). | t.t. |
1931 | lyāitā / lyāite | 1) adj. brought. 2) n. a woman brought into marriage without performing the full wedding rites (cf. Parājulī et al. 1995: s.v.; Höfer 2004: 41f.) | t.t. |
2834 | machīdāra rupaiyā | [fr. H. macchlīdāra °] n. "head of a fish rupee", an Indian coin including a fish in its design. | t.t. |
3016 | mada bhaṭṭī | n. 1) a distillery; 2) a liquor shop. | t.t. |