ལང

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bodish *laŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *laŋ. Resultative of སློང (slong).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

(intransitive) to rise, to get up
(intransitive) to arise, to be born

Conjugation

present	ལང (lang) ལོང (long)
future	ལང (lang)
past	ལངས (langs)
imperative	ལོངས (longs) ལོང (long)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

(intransitive) to dawn, (for the day) to break

Conjugation

present	ལང (lang)
future	ལང (lang)
past	ལངས (langs)
imperative	ལོངས (longs)

Etymology 3

Resultative of སློང (slong).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*laŋ/
Lhasa: /laŋ˩˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*laŋ/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lang^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /laŋ˩˨/

Verb

ལང • (lang) (nominal form ལང་བ)

(intransitive) to come up to, to arrive at, to reach, to be complete

Conjugation

present	ལང (lang)
future	ལང (lang)
past	ལོངས (longs)