ལྗགས

See also: ལྕགས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ld͡ʑaks/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕa˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ld͡ʑaks/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ja^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕa˩˧˨/

Noun

“tongue”

Plain	ལྕེ (lce)
Honorific	ལྗགས (ljags)

ལྗགས • (ljags)

1. (honorific) tongue