གླང
See also: གླིང
Sherpa
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glaŋ.
Noun
གླང (lang)
References
- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009
Sikkimese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glaŋ (“ox; bullock; elephant”).
Noun
གླང (glang)
Derived terms
- གླང་བུ (glang bu, “elephant”)
- གླང་ཤ (glang sha, “beef”)
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 37
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glaŋ (“ox; bullock; elephant”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*glaŋ/
- Lhasa: /laŋ˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*glaŋ/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: langf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /laŋ˥˥/
Noun
གླང • (glang)
Derived terms
- གླང་ཆེན (glang chen)