ལེན
Tibetan
Etymology
Resultative of ལོན (lon).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*len/
- Lhasa: /lẽ˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*len/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: lenv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /lẽ˩˧/
Verb
ལེན • (len) (nominal form ལེན་པ)
- (transitive) to receive, to get, to obtain
- (transitive) to accept what is given
- (transitive) to carry, to take in hand, to hold
- (transitive) to draw out, to take out
- (transitive) to sing the words to a song
Conjugation
Conjugation of ལེན
Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
---|---|---|
Present | ལེན (rare) ལོང (rare) ལོན | len long lon |
Future | བླང | blang |
Past | བླངས བློངས (rare) ལོངས | blangs blongs longs |
Imperative | ལོངས ལོན བླངས ལོང (archaic) ལེནད | longs lon blangs long lend |
Derived terms
- སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa, “receptionist”)