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)
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)
- dung (especially of cows)