སྐུ

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Tibetan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kəw (body; chest; thorax; corpse). Cognate with Burmese ကိုယ် (kuiy, body) and Chinese (OC *kʰo, “body”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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“body”
Plain ལུས (lus)
Honorific སྐུ (sku)

སྐུ (sku)

  1. (honorific) body
  2. image, statue
    ཤིང་སྐུshing skuwooden statue/image
    དངུལ་སྐུdngul skusilvern statue/image

Derived terms

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References

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  • སྐུ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • སྐུ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.