འོང
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa-ŋ. Related to ཡོང (yong, “to come”), which is an obvious alternative form of the same.
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ɣoŋ/
- Lhasa: /ʔoŋ˩˧˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ɣoŋ/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: ongw
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʔoŋ˩˧˨/
Verb
འོང • ('ong) (nominal form འོང་བ)
- (intransitive) to come, to approach
- (intransitive) to arise, to come about
- (intransitive) to be suitable, to be practicable
- (Central Tibetan, auxiliary) future auxiliary particle
Conjugation
Conjugation of འོང
Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
---|---|---|
Present | འོང | 'ong |
Future | འོང | 'ong |
Past | འོངས | 'ongs |
Imperative | འོངས ཤོག | 'ongs shog |