ག་མི

Kurtöp

Etymology

The second element is from Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj. Cognates include Dzongkha མེ (me) and Tibetan མེ (me).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐ̀.mi]

Noun

ག་མི (gami)

  1. fire
    ག་མི་ལི́ ― gami 'li ― flame (literally, “tongue of the fire”)

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 25
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 105
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