ལུང་པ

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river, valley”).

Noun

ལུང་པ (lung pa)

  1. valley
  2. country

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river, valley”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ *ruuŋ ~ *ruəŋ (“river, channel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ལུང་པ • (lung pa)

  1. valley
  2. district, country
  3. nationality

See also

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