huṇḍ up, up above

Part of Speech adv.sp
Vernacular Form ہُنڈ
Phonetic Form huɳɖ, huɳ
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form ūrdhvá- 'erect, being above' (T: 2426)
Variant Form(s) húuṇḍ
    • up, up above
      • Example 593:
        kóokii nóki ta c̣híika wée, laméeṭi ba huṇḍ aaghaá.
        káak
        crow
        -ii
        -gen
        nóki
        beak
        ta
        DS
        c̣híik
        dung
        -a
        -obl
        wée
        into
        laméeṭi
        tail
        ba
        top
        huṇḍ
        up.above
        aaghaá
        sky
        The lowly thinks highly of himself [lit. The crow has its beak in the dung while its tail is in the sky above]. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:057
      • Example 996:
        huṇḍ ta c̣híitree bhun ba ghaawaáz de sígal.
        huṇḍ
        up.above
        ta
        DS
        c̣héetr
        field
        =ee
        CONJ
        bhun
        down.below
        ba
        top
        ghaawáz
        stream.bed
        de
        pst
        sígal
        sand
        Up above was the field, and down below was the stream bed, with sand.
        Source: A:JAN082
      • Example 997:
        so ṭópii thíi huṇḍ the ukháatu.
        so
        3MSG.nom
        ṭópii
        of.below
        thíi
        from
        huṇḍ
        up.above
        the
        to
        ukhát
        come.up.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        He went up from down below.
        Source: A:DLX141

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