མིག

See also: མགོ

Kurtöp

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and Dzongkha མིག- (mig-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mìk], [mìː]

Noun

མིག (mik)

eye

Synonyms

(honorific) ཅེན (cen)

References

G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 152

Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

མིག (mig)

eye

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

མིག (mig) (Devanagari spelling मिग)

eye

References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

“eye”
Plain	མིག (mig)
Honorific	སྤྱན (spyan)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *mik, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək. Cognate with Old Chinese 目 (*muɡ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*mik/
Lhasa: /mi˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*mik/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: mi^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mi˥˨/

Noun

མིག • (mig)

eye

Derived terms

མིག་ཆུ (mig chu, “tear”)
ཆུ་མིག (chu mig, “spring (water)”)
མིག་ཤེལ (mig shel, “glasses”)
མིག་སྤུ (mig spu, “eyebrow”)

References

“མིག” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
“མིག” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.