ལང

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laŋ. Resultative of སློང (slong).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
• Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

1. (intransitive) to rise, to get up
2. (intransitive) to arise, to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལང

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལང ལོང	lang long
Future	ལང	lang
Past	ལངས	langs
Imperative	ལོངས ལོང	longs long

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
• Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

1. (intransitive) to dawn, (for the day) to break

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལང

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལང	lang
Future	ལང	lang
Past	ལངས	langs
Imperative	ལོངས	longs

Etymology 3

Resultative of སློང (slong).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
• Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

1. (intransitive) to come up to, to arrive at, to reach, to be complete

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལང

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལང	lang
Future	ལང	lang
Past	ལོངས	longs