ལྟ

See also: ལྟོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ta-s/t (“to look”). Related to ལྟས (ltas, “sign, omen”) and ལྟད་མོ (ltad mo, “sight, scene, show, play”). Compare Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Verb

ལྟ • (lta) (nominal form ལྟ་བ)

1. (transitive) to look at, to see, to observe
2. (transitive, common in Western Tibetan) to look for, to search for
3. (transitive) to view mentally, to consider, to look into, to investigate
4. (transitive) to desire, to crave, to love

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལྟ

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལྟ	lta
Future	བལྟ	blta
Past	བལྟས ལྟས	bltas ltas
Imperative	ལྟོས ལྟས བལྟ	ltos ltas blta