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Ladakhi
Adjective
སྔོན་པོ (sngon po)
- blue and the green of some plants
Tibetan
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋow (“white; green; yellow; blue”). Related to སྔོ (sngo, “green; blue; vegetables; plant”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
སྔོན་པོ • (sngon po)
- blue
Usage notes
This word is used to describe a different range of hues than English blue; it can cover the green of plants, but not the blue of the sea.