འོ་མ
Tibetan
Etymology
འོ ('o, “milk”) + མ (ma, “nominalisation suffix”); the first element 'o is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa (“to suckle; milk; breast”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ɣo.ma/
- Lhasa: /ʔo˩˧.ma˥˥/
- Batang: /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
- Dêgê: /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
- Zêkog: /o ma/
- Bla-Brang: /o ma/
- Lahuli–Spiti: /o ma/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ɣo.ma/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: ov-maf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʔo˩˧.ma˥˥/
- Khams
- (Batang) IPA(key): /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA(key): /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
- Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA(key): /o ma/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA(key): /o ma/
- Lahuli–Spiti
- (Spiti) IPA(key): /o ma/
Noun
འོ་མ • ('o ma)
- milk