བཀའ
Tibetan
Etymology
Related to ཁ (kha, “mouth; word”) and སྐད (skad, “language; speech”) (Zhang, 2009), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (“mouth; opening”). See also Old Chinese 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ, “door”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*pka(ɣ)/
- Lhasa: /ka˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*pka(ɣ)/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gaf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ka˥˥/
Noun
| Plain | སྐད (skad) |
|---|---|
| Honorific | བཀའ (bka') |
བཀའ • (bka')
- precept, word, order, command
- instruction, teaching, advice
- Buddha's words, canonical scriptures
- abbreviation of བཀའ་བརྒྱུད (bka' brgyud, “Kagyu”)
- abbreviation of བཀའ་མ (bka' ma, “oral tradition”)
Declension
Declension of བཀའ (regular stem)
| absolutive | བཀའ bka' |
|---|---|
| genitive | བཀའའི bk'a'i |
| agentive | བཀའས bka'as |
| dative | བཀའ་ལ bka' la |
| locative | བཀའ་ན bka' na |
| terminative | བཀའར bka'ar |
| ablative | བཀའ་ལས bka' las |
| elative | བཀའ་ནས bka' nas |
| associative | བཀའ་དང bka' dang |
| comparative | བཀའ་བས bka' bas |