མེ

See also: མ, མི, and མོ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me˩/

Noun

མེ (me)

fire
light, lantern

Synonyms

ཞུགས་མེ (zhugs me) (formal)

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj.

Noun

མེ (me)

fire

References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*me/
Lhasa: /me˩˨/
Batang: /ȵe˥˧/
Dêgê: /ȵe˥˧/
Zêkog: /mȵe/
Bla-Brang: /ȵe/
Arik: /mȵe/
Maqu: /mȵe/
Ngawa: /ɳe/
Mdung-Nag: /mʲe/, /ᵐȵe/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*me/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: me^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /me˩˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ȵe˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ȵe˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ȵe/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
- (Maqu) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
- (Ngawa) IPA^(key): /ɳe/
- (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /mʲe/, /ᵐȵe/

Noun

མེ • (me)

fire

Derived terms

མེ་མདའ (me mda', “gun”)
མེ་རྫས (me rdzas, “gunpowder”)
མེ་སྒྱོགས (me sgyogs, “cannon”)