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See also: ལི and ལོ
U+0F63, ལ
TIBETAN LETTER LA

[U+0F62]
Tibetan
[U+0F64]

Translingual

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Letter

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  1. Tibetan letter la

Balti

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Dzongkha letter

Etymology 2

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From Old Tibetan , from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la (wilderness).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(la)

  1. mountain pass

Kurtöp

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la. Cognates include Dzongkha (la) and Tibetan (la).

Noun

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(la) (locative ལ་ན)

  1. mountain
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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(la)

  1. spider

References

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  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 206

Ladakhi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Sikkimese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(la)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

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Perhaps from Sino-Tibetan *la (area far from settlements; wilderness); compare Chinese (OC *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ, “countryside; field”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(la)

  1. hillside, mountain pass
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Schuessler (2007) connects it to Old Chinese particle (OC *laːlʔ), which is possibly of Sino-Tibetan origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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(la)

  1. Marks oblique locatives.
  2. Marks the dative (a recipient in a trivalent construction).
    1. Marks the possessor in have-constructions which use a copular verb.
  3. Marks the subject of verbs such as "like" and "need".
  4. Marks the direct object of verbs which involve contact but no change of state.
Usage notes
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When the preceding syllable ends in a vowel, la becomes r and goes in the coda of the preceding syllable. For example, "in Lhasa" is ལྷ་སར (lha sar).

References

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  1. ^ Schuessler, Axel. (2007). An Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese. University of Hawaii Press. p. 561

Further reading

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  • ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.