འོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waŋ, via possibly Proto-Bodish *(ḥ)waŋ. Related to ཡོང (yong, “to come”), which is an obvious alternative form of the same.

Pronunciation

Verb

འོང • ('ong) (nominal form འོང་བ)

  1. (intransitive) to come, to approach
  2. (intransitive) to arise, to come about
  3. (intransitive) to be suitable, to be practicable
  4. (Central Tibetan, auxiliary) future auxiliary particle

Conjugation

present འོང ('ong)
future འོང ('ong)
past འོངས ('ongs)
imperative འོངས ('ongs)
ཤོག (shog)
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