གཞུ

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Tibetan

གཞུ

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *d/s-ləy. Compare Chinese 矢 (OC *hliʔ), Burmese လေး (le:, “bow”), S'gaw Karen ချံၣ် (khleè, “bow”), Naxi leemei (“longbow”), Jingpho kung-li (“bow”), Manipuri ꯂꯤꯔꯨꯡ (leeroong, “bow”), Limbu li (“bow”), Lepcha sali (“bow”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Noun

གཞུ • (gzhu)

  1. bow (weapon)
  2. (architecture) bucket arch, used between the pillar and the beam

Verb

གཞུ • (gzhu) (nominal form གཞུ་བ)

  1. hit, strike, knock, throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of གཞུ
Tense/Mood Form Wylie
Present གཞུ gzhu
Future གཞུ gzhu
Past གཞུས gzhus
Imperative གཞུས gzhus

Derived terms

References

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