ཀེ་ར
Sherpa
Etymology
From Nepali केरा (kerā).
Noun
ཀེ་ར (kera)
- banana
References
- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009
Tibetan
Alternative forms
- ཀེ་ལ (ke la), ཀེལ་ར (kel ra)
Etymology
Borrowed from Nepali केरा (kerā), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala), ultimately of Munda origin.
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ke.ra/
- Lhasa: /ke˥˥.ʐa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ke.ra/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gef-raf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ke˥˥.ʐa˥˥/
Noun
ཀེ་ར • (ke ra)
- banana (fruit)
- Synonym: ངང་ལག (ngang lag)