མེད
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Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Various theories exist:
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-miːt (“to extinguish; to shut abruptly; to wink; to blink; to die”). Cognate with Chinese 滅 (OC *med, “to perish; to be destroyed; to destroy”) (Benedict, 1972).
- Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + ཡོད (yod, “to be”) (Jäschke, 1881).
- Contraction of མི (mi, “not”) + རེད (red, “to be; to be ready”). The latter is related to སྲིད་པ (srid pa, “existence; state of being; living”) (Matisoff, 1985).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Old Tibetan: /*met/
- Lhasa: /mɛː˩˧˨/, /me˩˧˨/
- Bla-Brang: /mə/
Verb
[edit]མེད • (med) (nominal form མེད་པ)
- to be not, to exist not
- རྒྱ་ལ་མེད་པའི་ཡི་གེ་དྲུག ― rgya la med pa'i yi ge drug ― six letters not found in Sanskrit
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of མེད
Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
---|---|---|
Present | མེད | med |
Future | མེད | med |
Past | མེད | med |
Imperative | མེད | med |