ལྟམས

Tibetan

Alternative forms

ལྟམ (ltam)
བལྟམས (bltams)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), གཏམས (gtams).

Compare Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ltams/
Lhasa: /tam˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ltams/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: dam^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tam˥˥/

Verb

ལྟམས • (ltams) (nominal form ལྟམས་པ)

“be born”
Plain	སྐྱེ (skye)
Honorific	ལྟམས (ltams)

to be full
(honorific, intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

present	ལྟམས (ltams)
future	བལྟམ (bltam)
past	བལྟམས (bltams)
imperative	ལྟམས (ltams)