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Tibetan
Etymology 1
Compared with Chinese 黍 (OC *hljaʔ, “millet”) in Schuessler (2007).
Pronunciation
Noun
“highland barley”
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ནས (nas)
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| Honorific
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ཕྱག་འབྲུ (phyag 'bru)
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ནས • (nas)
- highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)
See also
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Suffix
ནས • (nas)
- elative case marker, placed after nouns and pronouns: from.
- Used to mark the logical subject: by
Particle
ནས • (nas)
- particle connecting two actions, placed after the first verb: then, after having done X.
Derived terms
Zangskari
Noun
ནས (nas)
- barley
References