འོ་མ

Ladakhi

Noun

འོ་མ ('o ma)

(standard) milk
(Mulbekh) curd

Sherpa

Noun

འོ་མ ('o ma) (Devanagari spelling ओ म)

milk

References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

འོ ('o, “milk”) +‎ མ (ma, nominalisation suffix); the first element 'o is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa (“to suckle; milk; breast”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ɣo.ma/
Lhasa: /ʔo˩˨.maˑ/
Batang: /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
Dêgê: /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
Zêkog: /o ma/
Bla-Brang: /o ma/
Lahuli–Spiti: /o ma/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ɣo.ma/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: o^v-ma
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʔo˩˨.maˑ/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /o ma/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /o ma/
Lahuli–Spiti
- (Spiti) IPA^(key): /o ma/

Noun

འོ་མ • ('o ma)

milk