ལྗི

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ləy (“flea”).[1] Cognate with Burmese လှေး (hle:) and S'gaw Karen ကျံ (klee).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ld͡ʑi/
Zêkog: /rdʑe/, /dʑe/
Bla-Brang: /hdʑe/, /dʑe/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ld͡ʑi/ (reconstructed)
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rdʑe/, /dʑe/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hdʑe/, /dʑe/

Noun

ལྗི • (lji)

flea
Synonym: ལྗི་བ (lji ba)
weight, heaviness

References

STEDT.

“ལྗི” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.

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