ལུག

See also: ལག

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”).

Noun

ལུག (lug) (Devanagari spelling लुग)

sheep

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”). Compare Chinese 犢 (OC *l'oːɡ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*luk/
Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/
Bla-Brang: /lɨx/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/
Amdo
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /lɨx/

Noun

ལུག • (lug)

sheep

See also

ར (ra, “goat”)

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

to huddle heads together like timid sheep, to be sheepish in behaviour

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*luk/
Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

(intransitive) to collapse, to fall down, to fall

Conjugation

present	ལུག (lug)
future	ལུག (lug)
past	ལུགས (lugs)
imperative	ལུག (lug)

Etymology 4

Compare ལྡུག (ldug), ཟླུག (zlug).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*luk/
Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

(transitive) to make an article from molten iron placed in a form, to pour an impression, to cast

Conjugation

present	ལུག (lug) ལུགས (lugs)
future	ལུག (lug) ལུགས (lugs)
past	ལུགས (lugs)
imperative	ལུགས (lugs)