སྒྲོ
Tibetan
Etymology
Either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-grwa (“feather”), whence Chinese 羽 (Coblin, 1986; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; STEDT), or *w(a/u) (“bird; egg; wing; fowl”) (Matisoff, 2000; Schuessler, 2007; Sagart, 2021b; STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*zɡro/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*zɡro/ (reconstructed)
Noun
སྒྲོ • (sgro)
- feather
Verb
སྒྲོ • (sgro) (nominal form སྒྲོ་བ)
- to elevate; to exaggerate
Conjugation
Conjugation of སྒྲོ
| Tense/Mood | Form | Wylie |
|---|---|---|
| Present | སྒྲོ | sgro |
| Future | བསྒྲོ | bsgro |
| Past | བསྒྲོས | bsgros |
| Imperative | སྒྲོ | sgro |