ལྕག་རྡོ

Sikkimese

Etymology

Related to ལྕགས (lcags, “iron, metal”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ལྕག་རྡོ (lcag rdo)

  1. flint

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 52
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