ལེན
Tibetan
Etymology
Resultative of ལོན (lon).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*len/
- Lhasa: /lẽ˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*len/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lenv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /lẽ˩˨/
Verb
ལེན • (len) (nominal form ལེན་པ)
- (transitive) to receive, to get, to obtain
- (transitive) to accept what is given
- (transitive) to carry, to take in hand, to hold
- (transitive) to draw out, to take out
- (transitive) to sing the words to a song
Conjugation
| present | ལེན (len) (rare) ལོང (long) (rare) ལོན (lon) |
|---|---|
| future | བླང (blang) |
| past | བླངས (blangs) བློངས (blongs) (rare) ལོངས (longs) |
| imperative | ལོངས (longs) ལོན (lon) བླངས (blangs) ལོང (long) (archaic) ལེནད (lend) |
Derived terms
- སྣེ་ལེན་པ (sne len pa, “receptionist”)