Note: This page contains Limbu words represented only in Romanized script. Some words have a sound file available.
Body-related words

English word	Roman script	Listen
hand	huk
left	fenchaang
right	chupsaang
leg/foot	lang
skin	horikpaa
back	ekma
belly/stomach	sapok/ sapokpa
bone	yeppa
palm	hukfo
knee	thumbubaa
finger	kuchewaa
nail	sendubaa
shoulder	faktaangbaa
blood	makkhi
head	thek
neck	ningmaa
hair (head/body)	thekpaa
nose	nebo
mouth	mura
tooth	hebo
tongue	lesoba
eye	mik
ear	nekhoba

 
Family terms

English	Roman script	Listen
person/human being	mane/ manai/ ma?mi
child	hinza
husband	yemba
wife	yemma
mother	ma/ ama
father	pa
name	ming/ mingso

 
Everyday objects

English	Roman script	Listen
road / path	laam
house	him
sickle	kaacyaa
rope	khi
needle	sammi
cup	khore

 
Animals

English	Roman script	Listen
cow	pi?
dog	kyaabaa
bird	pu
egg	wathin
cat	miyang
wing	laap
rat	suba?
meat/flesh	saa
tail	me
snake	osekpaa
worm/earth worm	tanaabaa
louse	si?
monkey	sabaa
spider	khaandaakpaa
fish	naa

 
Natural objects and phenomena

English	Roman script	Listen
rainbow	naamdinggo
leaf	phekwaa
root	kubot
flower	phung
fruit	singcha
tree	singbung
earth/soil	khaambek
stone	lung
sand	khaamhik
water	cwaa
rice	tak
salt	yum
woods/forest/jungle	taambhung
sky	taangsaang
sun	naam
moon	laabaa
star	khesewaa
cloud	khaamdombaa
rain	uhit
thunder	seri
lightning	saambhe
wind	hurit
fire	mi
smoke	mikhumma
night	sendik
day	lendik

 
Numbers

English	Roman script	Listen
one	lastca
two	netsi
three	sumsi
four	lishi
five	ngashi
six	tuksi
seven	nusi
eight	yetchi
nine	fangsi
ten	thi?bong
zero	hop

 
Verbs of the body

English	Roman script	Listen
to drink	thunget
to spit	thethuke
to eat	chaamaa
to chew	khaammaa
to breathe	semma
to smell	naammaa
to laugh	emmaa
to cry/to weep	haammaa
to vomit/to throw up	kommaa
to bite	ha?mmaa
to hear	khemmaa
to see	amammaa
to yawn	khaammaa
to sleep	immaa

 
Verbs of action

English	Roman script	Listen
to walk	langhgekma
to swim	wazakma
to know/to be knowledgeable	lema
to think	ningwa-ima
to fear	kimma
to say	pamma/chengma
to cook	thokma
to sit	yungma
to stand	po?ma
to lie down	lengma
to climb	lingma
to tie up/to fasten	khengma/eghengma
to sew	tamma
to water	cwakemma
to shoot	amma
to stab/to pierce	lakma
to hit	himma
to kill	semma
to die/to be dead	simma
to live/to be alive	hingma
to scratch	o?ma
to cut/to hack	ka?ma
to work	chokma
to plant	lemma
to choose	sekma
to grow (e.g., grow up)	poma
to squeeze	fimma
to hold	pongma
to dig	tamma
to open	hamma
to throw	lafumma

 
Adjectives

English	Roman script	Listen
dirty	tafemmba
clean	nuba
tall	kemba
tasty	kujakinuba
warm	kegoba
cold	keseemba
small	chukpa
big	yamba
short (of height)	tangsa
long (of height)	kemba
beautiful	numa
handsome	nuba
narrow	chibhifippa
sour	kisupa
black	makraba
white	fagraba
red	hekraba
yellow	sahikyappa
green	sarekyapa
painful/sick	tukma
old (of a person)	kapoba
new	kusang
good	nuba
bad	taafemba
mannerless	chaathi/  kehopa
rich	kegappa
poor	kehoppa