ཤིག

Dzongkha

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ɕ/ (non-syllabic)

Adverb

ཤིག (shig)

  1. (suffixed to verbs) used to form urgent imperatives or unambiguous imperatives

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.

Noun

ཤིག (shig)

  1. louse

References
  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.

Noun

ཤིག • (shig)

  1. louse
Derived terms

Pronunciation

Particle

ཤིག • (shig)

  1. (Classical) Form of ཅིག (cig)
  2. (grammar) urgent imperative marker
Usage notes

The modern imperative marker is a low register form, but can be used with both honorific and non-honorific forms. It is generally pronounced as a non-syllabic IPA(key): /-ɕ/ appended onto the imperative form of the verb.[1]

See also

References
  1. “The Particles དང་ and ཤིག་”, in Knowledge Maps of Subjects, University of Virginia‎, 2016
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