པྲ

Kurtöp

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(s)pra. Cognates include Tibetan སྤྲེལ (sprel) and Dzongkha སྤྱ (spya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɐ́]

Noun

པྲ (pra)

  1. monkey
  2. (specifically) macaque

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 134
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 55