ལྟམས
Tibetan
Alternative forms
- ལྟམ (ltam)
- བལྟམས (bltams)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), གཏམས (gtams).
Compare Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ltams/
- Lhasa: /tam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ltams/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: damf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tam˥˥/
Verb
ལྟམས • (ltams) (nominal form ལྟམས་པ)
Plain | སྐྱེ (skye) |
---|---|
Honorific | ལྟམས (ltams) |
- to be full
- (honorific, intransitive) to be born
Conjugation
Conjugation of ལྟམས
Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
---|---|---|
Present | ལྟམས | ltams |
Future | བལྟམ | bltam |
Past | བལྟམས | bltams |
Imperative | ལྟམས | ltams |