རྒལ
See also: རྒྱལ་བ
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Bodish *(r)gal.
Resultative of སྒྲོལ (sgrol). A relationship with Chinese 河 (OC *ɡaːl, “river”) was proposed by Coblin (1986).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*rɡal/
- Lhasa: /kɛː˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rɡal/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: gaev
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /kɛː˩˨/
Verb
རྒལ • (rgal) (nominal form རྒལ་བ)
- (transitive) to ford (a river), to cross, to traverse, to travel through
- (transitive) to pass, to exceed a measure
Conjugation
| present | རྒལ (rgal) |
|---|---|
| future | བརྒལ (brgal) |
| past | བརྒལ (brgal) (archaic) བརྒལད (brgald) |
| imperative | རྒོལ (rgol) (archaic) རྒོལད (rgold) |