ལྕམ

See also: ལམ

Sikkimese

Etymology

Compare Tibetan ལྕམ (lcam). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ལྕམ (lcam)

  1. miss (term of address for a woman)

Derived terms

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 54

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From ལྟམ (ltam, “to be born”), with the honorific -j- infix.

Pronunciation

Noun

ལྕམ • (lcam)

  1. (honorific) wife, lady

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

ལྕམ • (lcam)

  1. small beam, pole
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