གཏེར་ཁ

Sikkimese

Etymology

By surface analysis, གཏེར (gter, “treasure”) +‎ ཁ (kha, “mouth”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

གཏེར་ཁ (gter kha)

  1. (mining) mineral vein
  2. (mining) mine
  3. (mining) ore

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 66
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