གྲུ

Tibetan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are these two really senses of a single word, or are they homographs from different sources?”)

Noun

1. boat, ship
2. angle, corner

Derived terms

• གནམ་གྲུ (gnam gru, “airplane”)
• གྲུ་མོ (gru mo, “elbow”)
• གྲུ་ཤན (gru shan, “ferry”)
• ཤིང་གྲུ (shing gru)