ལུང་པ

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river, valley”).

Noun

ལུང་པ (lung pa)

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river, valley”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ *ruuŋ ~ *ruəŋ (“river, channel”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*luŋ.pa/
Lhasa: /luŋ˩˨ pa˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*luŋ.pa/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lung^v ba^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /luŋ˩˨ pa˩˨/

Noun

ལུང་པ • (lung pa)

See also

ཀླུང་མ (klung ma, “river”)
ལྗོངས (ljongs, “valley”)

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