བཀབ

Sikkimese

Etymology

Compare Tibetan འགེབས ('gebs), Sherpa འགེབ ('geb). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

བཀབ (bkab)

  1. (transitive) To cover.

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 20