སྣུམ

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Sherpa

Etymology

Cognates include Darmiya ne-mo, Chaudangsi nɛmo.

Noun

སྣུམ (nûm)

oil

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-n(u/a)m (STEDT). Compare Bokar num, Lepcha ᰍᰪᰮᰗᰪ (nǔm-tsǔ), Guiqiong mɔ³³ nɑ⁵³, Queyu ma³⁵ na⁵³, and possibly Chinese 腩 (OC *nuːmʔ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*znum/
Lhasa: /num˥˥/
Zêkog: /rn̥əm/
Bla-Brang: /hnəm/
Arik: /rn̥əm/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*znum/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: num^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /num˥˥/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rn̥əm/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hnəm/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /rn̥əm/

Noun

སྣུམ • (snum)

oil, grease
petrol, gasoline, gas

Derived terms

See also

འབྲུ་མར ('bru mar)

References

“སྣུམ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
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