ལྗི་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

ལྗི (lji) +‎ བ (ba)

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ld͡ʑi.ba/
• Lhasa: /t͡ɕɪː˩˧˨/, / t͡ɕo˩˨/
• Batang: /dʑɑ⁵⁵/
• Dêgê: /dʑo⁵⁵ wa⁵³/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ld͡ʑi.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: jie^w, jo^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɪː˩˧˨/, / t͡ɕo˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /dʑɑ⁵⁵/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /dʑo⁵⁵ wa⁵³/

Noun

ལྗི་བ • (lji ba)

1. flea

References

• “ལྗི་བ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.