ལྟེ་བ
Tibetan
Etymology
lte is from earlier *t-le, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-la(ː)j (“navel; centre; self”); suffixed with བ (ba). Cognate with Burmese အလယ် (a.lai).
Pronunciation 1
- Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
- Lhasa: /te˥˥.wa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: def-waf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /te˥˥.wa˥˥/
Noun
ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)
- centre; middle; core
Pronunciation 2
- Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
- Lhasa: /tɛː˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: daef
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tɛː˥˥/
Noun
ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)
- navel