ཆུ་མིག

Sherpa

Etymology

ཆུ (chu, “water”) +‎ མིག (mig, “eye”). Cognate with Garo chimik (“spring”).

Noun

ཆུ་མིག (chhū mik)

1. source, spring

Tibetan

Etymology

ཆུ (chu, “water”) +‎ མིག (mig, “eye”). Cognate with Garo chimik (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*t͡ɕʰu.mik/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕʰu˥˥.miˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡ɕʰu.mik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qu^f-mi
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰu˥˥.miˑ/

Noun

ཆུ་མིག • (chu mig)

1. spring (water)