འདུ
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t/d)u-n/t (“join, tie, knot, bring together, assemble, fold”). Related to མདུད (mdud, “to tie together”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ⁿdu/
- Lhasa: /tu˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ⁿdu/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: duv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tu˩˨/
Verb
འདུ • ('du) (nominal form འདུ་བ)
- (intransitive) to collect, to gather, to assemble, to pool
- (intransitive) to combine, to be abridged
Conjugation
| present | འདུ ('du) |
|---|---|
| future | འདུ ('du) འདུད ('dud) |
| past | འདུས ('dus) |
| imperative | འདུས ('dus) |
Derived terms
- སྡུད (sdud)
References
- “འདུ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.