སྔོན་པོ
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋow (“white; green; yellow; blue”). Related to སྔོ (sngo, “green; blue; vegetables; plant”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*zŋon.po/
- Lhasa: /ŋø̃˥˥.po˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*zŋon.po/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: ngoenf-bof
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ŋø̃˥˥.po˥˥/
Adjective
སྔོན་པོ • (sngon po)
- blue
Usage notes
This word is used to describe a different range of hues than English blue; it can cover the green of plants, but not the blue of the sea.