མགོ

See also: མིག

Tibetan

“head”

Plain	མགོ (mgo)
Honorific	དབུ (dbu)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mɡo/
• Lhasa: /ko˩˧/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mɡo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: go^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ko˩˧/

Noun

མགོ • (mgo)

1. head

Derived terms

• མགོ་འཐོམ (mgo 'thom)
• མཐུར་མགོ (mthur mgo)