དྲོ

Kurtöp

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɖ(r)ò]

Etymology 1

Kurtöp cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : དྲོ (dro)

From Proto-Bodish *kruk, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-ruk. Cognates include Dzongkha དྲུག (drug) and Tibetan དྲུག (drug).

Numeral

དྲོ (dro)

  1. six

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-graw. Cognates include Dzongkha སྒྲོ (sgro) and Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro).

Noun

དྲོ (dro)

  1. feather

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 76
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 33