ངུ

Sikkimese

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *ŋu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋuw.

Verb

ངུ (ngu)

(intransitive) To cry, to weep.
(intransitive) To lament, to miserate, to feel sad.

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 45

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *ŋu, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋuw.

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ŋu/
Lhasa: /ŋu˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ŋu/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: ngu^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ŋu˩˨/

Verb

ངུ • (ngu) (nominal form ངུ་བ)

(intransitive) to weep, to cry

Conjugation

Conjugation of ངུ (ngu)
present	ངུ (ngu)
future	ངུ (ngu)
past	ངུས (ngus)
imperative	ངུས (ngus) ངུ (ngu)