ལྡག

See also: ལྡེག་པ and ལྡོག་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *C-ljag (C = prefix, likely the homorganic prenasalisation prefix *ɴ-), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək (“to lick”). Related to ལྕེ (lce, “tongue”), ལྗགས (ljags, “(polite) tongue”) and Burmese လျက် (lyak, “to lick”). Compare འདག ('dag).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ldak/
Lhasa: /ta˩˧˨/
Batang: /ɕoʔ˨˧˩/
Dêgê: /ɖ͡ʐi˥˧/
Zêkog: /rdak/
Bla-Brang: /hdak/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ldak/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: da^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˧˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɕoʔ˨˧˩/
- (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ɖ͡ʐi˥˧/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rdak/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hdak/

Verb

ལྡག • (ldag) (nominal form ལྡག་པ)

(transitive) to lick, to lap

Conjugation

present	ལྡག (ldag)
future	བལྡག (bldag)
past	བལྡགས (bldags)
imperative	ལྡོགས (ldogs) ལྡོག (ldog) ལྡགས (ldags)