Limbun.adj.

1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal i. 54 Among the Kirats was settled a tribe called Limbu... Their languages are said to be different.

1840 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 9 i. 495 The Limboos form a large portion of the inhabitants in the mountainous country lying between the Dood-Koosi and the Kanki rivers, in Nipal.

1880 H. A. Oldfield Sketches from Nipal I. iii. 53 The country of the Kirantis and Limbus at the present time is divided into fifty-two small subahships.

1909 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India III. i. 283 The Limbus are one of the principal tribes of Eastern Nepal.

1939 R. Godden Black Narcissus v. 54 She was learning to distinguish between the State natives and the hill clans, the Lepchas and Bhotiyas and Limbus.

1970 L. E. Rose & M. W. Fisher Politics Nepal i. 12 The Limbus,..are making a serious effort to revive their local language as a literary medium after long years of its suppression under Gorkha rule.

1971 K. Kent in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. H. 310 Later, the Eastern tribes (Rais and Limbus) were also recruited, and, together with some lesser-known but other martial tribes, also became known under the general title of Gurkhas.

1909 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India III. i. 283 We have no information about the number of speakers of Limbu in Nepal.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. v. 138 The Limboo language is totally different from the Lepcha, with less of the z in it, and more labials and palatals, hence more pleasing.

1928 W. B. Northey & C. J. Morris Gurkhas xv. 217 The Limbu race is now divided into a large number of tribes. These tribes were formerly centred, in groups, in ten different districts of the Limbu country.