English
kinema
Kinema comes from Nepali किनेमा.
- Nepalimodernकिनेमाliterally ‘fermented flavour’
- Englishtodaykinema
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Nepalimodernकिनेमाliterally ‘fermented flavour’
- Englishtodaykinema
The story
Borrowed from Nepali किनेमा (kinemā, literally “fermented flavour”), from Limbu [script needed] (ki, “fermented”) + [script needed] (nambaa, “flavor”).
Every English word from Nepali किनेमा
Today it means
noun A Nepali dish of fermented soybean, resembling natto.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Nepali किनेमा / kinema