1. NED Manandhar & Vergati

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Modern Newar version

(sakhwāla-) 1. lime (used in white wash for houses). 2. lime mixed with powdered bricks (Cf. cuun, lime used in the betel nut mixture). (Usage in Newari and Nepali differs: in this area in Nepali cuun is used for both white wash and for the lime used in the betel mixture. In Newari cuun refers only to the lime in betel mixture whereas sakhwāā is used to refer both to the lime in white wash and to the lime in the brick plaste in Nepali brick plaster (powered brick mixed with lime) is referred to as barja.)

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