སྐམ་པོ

སྐམ་པོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k(w)am (“thirsty; dried out”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*skam.po/
• Lhasa: /kam˥˥.po˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*skam.po/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: gam^f-bo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kam˥˥.po˥˥/

Adjective

སྐམ་པོ • (skam po)

1. dry
2. lean, emaciated