ཀློག

See also: གློག

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-log.

Sagart (1999) considered this a loanword from Old Chinese 讀 (OC *l'oːɡ, “to read; to say/read aloud”) as “read” is a derived meaning in OC. The existence of the concept of “reading (a text)” prior to the invention of writing is questionable, hence the sense “read” is likely secondary in both cases, regardless of the relationship between the two.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*klok/
• Lhasa: /lo˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*klok/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lo^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lo˥˨/

Verb

ཀློག • (klog) (nominal form ཀློག་པ)

1. (transitive) to read, to recite, to chant
2. (transitive) to study

Conjugation

Conjugation of ཀློག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ཀློག	klog
Future	བཀླག ཀླག	bklag klag
Past	བཀླགས བླགས	bklags blags
Imperative	ཀློགས ལྷོགས	klogs lhogs

Derived terms

• ཀློག་བདེ་པོ (klog bde po, “legible”)