རྒལ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(r)gal.

Resultative of སྒྲོལ (sgrol). A relationship with Chinese (OC *ɡaːl, “river”) was proposed by Coblin (1986).

Pronunciation


Verb

རྒལ • (rgal) (nominal form རྒལ་བ)

  1. (transitive) to ford (a river), to cross, to traverse, to travel through
  2. (transitive) to pass, to exceed a measure

Conjugation

present རྒལ (rgal)
future བརྒལ (brgal)
past བརྒལ (brgal)
(archaicབརྒལད (brgald)
imperative རྒོལ (rgol)
(archaicརྒོལད (rgold)