ལ
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Translingual
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- Tibetan letter la
Balti
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[edit]Letter
[edit]ལ (la)
Dzongkha
[edit]Etymology 1
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[edit]ལ (la)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Tibetan ལ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la (“wilderness”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]ལ (la)
Kurtöp
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la. Cognates include Dzongkha ལ (la) and Tibetan ལ (la).
Noun
[edit]ལ (la) (locative ལ་ན)
Derived terms
[edit]- ལ་ཝམ (lawam)
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]ལ (la)
References
[edit]- G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 206
Ladakhi
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[edit]ལ (la)
Sherpa
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Sikkimese
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[edit]ལ (la)
Tibetan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*la/
- Lhasa: /la˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: laf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /la˥˥/
Letter
[edit]ལ • (la)
Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps from Sino-Tibetan *la (“area far from settlements; wilderness”); compare Chinese 野 (OC *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ, “countryside; field”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*la/
- Lhasa: /la˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lav
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /la˩˨/
Noun
[edit]ལ • (la)
Derived terms
[edit]- ལ་དུག (la dug, “altitude sickness”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Schuessler (2007) connects it to Old Chinese particle 也 (OC *laːlʔ), which is possibly of Sino-Tibetan origin.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*la/
- Lhasa: /laˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: la
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /laˑ/
Postposition
[edit]ལ • (la)
- Marks oblique locatives.
- Marks the dative (a recipient in a trivalent construction).
- Marks the possessor in have-constructions which use a copular verb.
- Marks the subject of verbs such as "like" and "need".
- Marks the direct object of verbs which involve contact but no change of state.
Usage notes
[edit]When the preceding syllable ends in a vowel, la becomes r and goes in the coda of the preceding syllable. For example, "in Lhasa" is ལྷ་སར (lha sar).
References
[edit]- ^ Schuessler, Axel. (2007). An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 561
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