ལྕགས་ལམ
Sikkimese
Etymology
Compare Tibetan ལྕགས་ལམ (lcags lam). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ལྕགས་ལམ (lcags lam)
Derived terms
- ལྕགས་ལམ་ཚིགམ (lcags lam tshigm)
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 53
Tibetan
Etymology
Calque from Mandarin 鐵路／铁路 (tiělù).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*lt͡ɕaks.lam/
- Lhasa: /t͡ɕa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.lam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*lt͡ɕaks.lam/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: jagf-lamf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /t͡ɕa(k̚)ˀ˥˥.lam˥˥/
Noun
ལྕགས་ལམ • (lcags lam)
Derived terms
- ས་འོག་ལྕགས་ལམ (sa 'og lcags lam, “subway”)