རྒལ
See also: རྒྱལ་བ
Tibetan
Etymology
Resultative of སྒྲོལ (sgrol). A relationship with Chinese 河 (OC *ɡaːl, “river”) was proposed by Coblin (1986).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*rɡal/
- Lhasa: /kɛː˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rɡal/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: gaev
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kɛː˩˧/
Verb
རྒལ • (rgal) (nominal form རྒལ་བ)
- (transitive) to ford (a river), to cross, to traverse, to travel through
- (transitive) to pass, to exceed a measure
Conjugation
Conjugation of རྒལ
Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
---|---|---|
Present | རྒལ | rgal |
Future | བརྒལ | brgal |
Past | བརྒལ (archaic) བརྒལད | brgal brgald |
Imperative | རྒོལ (archaic) རྒོལད | rgol rgold |