ཝ་མོ

Tibetan

Etymology

ཝ (wa) +‎ མོ (mo), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gwa (“fox”), cognate with Chinese 狐 (OC *ɡʷaː).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*wa.mo/
• Lhasa: /waː˥˥.mo˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*wa.mo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: waa^f-mo^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /waː˥˥.mo˩˨/

Noun

ཝ་མོ • (wa mo)

1. fox