ལྕི་བ

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Tibetan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ləj-t ~ s-rəj-t.

Adjective[edit]

ལྕི་བ (lci ba)

  1. heavy

Etymology 2[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj.

Pronunciation[edit]

The Modern Lhasa pronunciation is /t͡ɕuo⁵⁵/, from older Lhasa /t͡ɕi⁵⁵-wa⁵³/. In Old Tibetan it was /lt͡ɕi-ba/, from /ltʲi-ba/ (by palatalisation), from /ɦl̥tʲi-ba/ (by Coblin's law), from /ɦtl̥ʲi-ba/, [ɦt͡ɬʲi-ba] (by metathesis), from /ɦl̥ʲi-ba/ (by Conrady's law, epenthesis), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj.

Noun[edit]

ལྕི་བ (lci ba)

  1. dung (especially of cows)