ལུག

See also: ལག

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”).

Noun

ལུག (lug) (Devanagari spelling लुग)

1. sheep

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*luk/
• Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/

Noun

ལུག • (lug)

1. sheep

See also

• ར (ra, “goat”)

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

1. to huddle heads together like timid sheep, to be sheepish in behaviour

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*luk/
• Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

1. (intransitive) to collapse, to fall down, to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལུག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལུག	lug
Future	ལུག	lug
Past	ལུགས	lugs
Imperative	ལུག	lug

Etymology 4

Compare ལྡུག (ldug), ཟླུག (zlug).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*luk/
• Lhasa: /lu˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*luk/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lu^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lu˩˧˨/

Verb

ལུག • (lug) (nominal form ལུག་པ)

1. (transitive) to make an article from molten iron placed in a form, to pour an impression, to cast

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལུག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལུག ལུགས	lug lugs
Future	ལུག ལུགས	lug lugs
Past	ལུགས	lugs
Imperative	ལུགས	lugs