གནས

གནས

See also: ག་ནས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“to stay, to live, to be”). Cognate with Burmese နား (na:, “to rest”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*gnas/
• Lhasa: /nɛː˥˩/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*gnas/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: nae^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛː˥˩/

Verb

གནས • (gnas) (nominal form གནས་པ)

1. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of གནས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	གནས	gnas
Future	གནས	gnas
Past	གནས	gnas
Imperative	གནས	gnas

Noun

གནས • (gnas)

1. place, location, abode

Derived terms

• གནས་མོ (gnas mo, “landlady”)
• རིག་གནས (rig gnas)