ལྟ

See also: ལྟོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *(l)ta, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lV-taʔ (“to look”). Related to ལྟས (ltas, “sign, omen”) and ལྟད་མོ (ltad mo, “sight, scene, show, play”). Compare Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*lta/
Lhasa: /ta˥˥/
Batang: /ta˥˧/
Dêgê: /ta˥˧/
Zêkog: /rta/
Bla-Brang: /hta/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*lta/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: da^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˥˥/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ta˥˧/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ta˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rta/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hta/

Verb

ལྟ • (lta) (nominal form ལྟ་བ)

(transitive) to look at, to see, to observe
(transitive, common in Western Tibetan) to look for, to search for
(transitive) to view mentally, to consider, to look into, to investigate
(transitive) to desire, to crave, to love

Conjugation

present	ལྟ (lta)
future	བལྟ (blta)
past	བལྟས (bltas) ལྟས (ltas)
imperative	ལྟོས (ltos) ལྟས (ltas) བལྟ (blta)