ལོ

See also: ལ and ལི

Dzongkha

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan ལོ (lo). See also the etymology at 世 (OC *hljebs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo˩/

Noun

ལོ (lo)

1. year
2. age

Derived terms

• གནམ​་ལོ (gnam​ lo, “lunar year”)
• སྤྱི་ལོ (spyi lo, “CE (Common Era)”)
• ལོ་གསར (lo gsar​, “New Year”)

References

• Driem, George van (1992) The Grammar of Dzongkha, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission of the Royal Government of Bhutan
• Jümang, Rapgai (2015) A Dzongkha Phrasebook - with Roman Transcription and English Translation, Bhutan: Dzongkha Development Commission, →ISBN

Sherpa

Noun

ལོ (lo)

1. year

See also

• ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”)

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Bodic *lo ("year"); further etymology unknown. See also the etymology at 世 (OC *hljebs).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*lo/
• Lhasa: /lo˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lo^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /lo˩˨/

Noun

ལོ • (lo)

1. year

Descendants

• → Wutunhua: lo

See also

• ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”)

References

• “ལོ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “ལོ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.