ཀློག
See also: གློག
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-log.
Sagart (1999) considered this a loanword from Old Chinese 讀 (OC *l'oːɡ, “to read; to say/read aloud”) as “read” is a derived meaning in OC. The existence of the concept of “reading (a text)” prior to the invention of writing is questionable, hence the sense “read” is likely secondary in both cases, regardless of the relationship between the two.
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*klok/
- Lhasa: /lo˥˩/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*klok/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: loh
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /lo˥˩/
Verb
ཀློག • (klog) (nominal form ཀློག་པ)
- (transitive) to read, to recite, to chant
- (transitive) to study
Conjugation
Conjugation of ཀློག
| Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ཀློག | klog |
| Future | བཀླག ཀླག | bklag klag |
| Past | བཀླགས བླགས | bklags blags |
| Imperative | ཀློགས ལྷོགས | klogs lhogs |
Derived terms
- ཀློག་བདེ་པོ (klog bde po, “legible”)