ལོ

See also: ལ and ལི

Dzongkha

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan ལོ (lo). See also the etymology at 世 (OC *hljebs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo˩/

Noun

ལོ (lo)

  1. year
  2. age

Derived terms

  • གནམ​་ལོ (gnam​ lo, “lunar year”)
  • སྤྱི་ལོ (spyi lo, “CE (Common Era)”)
  • ལོ་གསར (lo gsar​, “New Year”)

References

  • Driem, George van (1992) The Grammar of Dzongkha, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission of the Royal Government of Bhutan
  • Jümang, Rapgai (2015) A Dzongkha Phrasebook - with Roman Transcription and English Translation, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, →ISBN

Sherpa

Noun

ལོ (lo)

  1. year

See also

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodic *lo ("year"); further etymology unknown. See also the etymology at 世 (OC *hljebs).

Pronunciation

Noun

ལོ • (lo)

  1. year

Descendants

  • → Wutunhua: lo

See also

References

  • “ལོ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • “ལོ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.
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