ངག

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Kurtöp

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Verb

ངག (ngak) (negative མ་ངག (mangak))

  1. (transitive) to do
  2. (auxiliary) Used to put emphasis on a main verb: to do
  3. Short for ངག་སི (ngaksi, quotative marker).

Etymology 2

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Verb

ངག (ngak) (negative མ་ངག (mangak))

  1. (intransitive) to cool down

References

  • G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 35
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

Tibetan

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese 語 (OC *ŋaʔ)

Pronunciation

Noun

ངག • (ngag)

  1. speech, voice

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