ལྟེ་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

lte is from earlier *t-le, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-la(ː)j (“navel; centre; self”); suffixed with བ (ba). Cognate with Burmese အလယ် (a.lai).

Pronunciation 1

Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
Lhasa: /te˥˥.wa˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: de^f-wa^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /te˥˥.wa˥˥/

Noun

ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)

centre; middle; core

Pronunciation 2

Old Tibetan: /*lte.ba/
Lhasa: /tɛː˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*lte.ba/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: dae^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tɛː˥˥/

Noun

ལྟེ་བ • (lte ba)

navel

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