ལ
Translingual
Letter
ལ
- Tibetan letter la
Tibetan
Etymology 1
Perhaps from Sino-Tibetan *la (“area far from settlements; wilderness”); compare Chinese 野 (OC *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ, “countryside; field”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*la/
- Lhasa: /la˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*la/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: lav
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /la˩˧/
Derived terms
- ལ་དུག (la dug, “altitude sickness”)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*la/
- Lhasa: /laˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*la/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: la
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /laˑ/
Postposition
ལ • (la)
- Marks oblique locatives.
- Marks the dative (a recipient in a trivalent construction).
- Marks the possessor in have-constructions which use a copular verb.
- Marks the subject of verbs such as "like" and "need".
- Marks the direct object of verbs which involve contact but no change of state.
Usage notes
When the preceding syllable ends in a vowel, la becomes r and goes in the coda of the preceding syllable. For example, "in Lhasa" is ལྷ་སར (lha sar).
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