ནས
Tibetan
Etymology 1
Compared with Chinese 黍 (OC *hljaʔ, “millet”) in Schuessler (2007).
Pronunciation
Noun
Plain | ནས (nas) |
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Honorific | ཕྱག་འབྲུ (phyag 'bru) |
- highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)
See also
- འབྲུ ('bru)
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Suffix
ནས • (nas)
- elative case marker, placed after nouns and pronouns: from.
- Used to mark the logical subject: by
- particle connecting two actions, placed after the first verb: then, after having done X.
Derived terms
- ག་ནས (ga nas)