ལྟེ་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

lte is from earlier *t-le, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-la(ː)j (“navel; centre; self”); suffixed with བ (ba). Cognate with Burmese အလယ် (a.lai).

Pronunciation 1

• Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
• Lhasa: /te˥˥.wa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: de^f-wa^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /te˥˥.wa˥˥/

Noun

ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)

1. centre; middle; core

Pronunciation 2

• Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
• Lhasa: /tɛː˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: dae^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tɛː˥˥/

Noun

ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)

1. navel