སྟེགས་བུ

Tibetan

Etymology

སྟེགས (stegs) +‎ བུ (bu)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*steks.bu/
• Lhasa: /te(k̚)ˀ˥˥.puˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*steks.bu/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: deg^f-bu
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /te(k̚)ˀ˥˥.puˑ/

Noun

སྟེགས་བུ • (stegs bu)

1. support, stand, ledge, platform
2. step of a ladder, rung
3. turret
4. altar, shrine