The story
- lif · derived from“fermented”
- Nepali · borrowed fromकिनेमा
- English todaykinema
Borrowed from Nepali किनेमा (kinemā, literally “fermented flavour”), from Limbu [script needed] (ki, “fermented”) + [script needed] (nambaa, “flavor”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.