ཀེ་ར

Sherpa

Etymology

From Nepali केरा (kerā).

Noun

ཀེ་ར (kera)

1. banana

References

• Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• ཀེ་ལ (ke la), ཀེལ་ར (kel ra)

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali केरा (kerā), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala), ultimately of Munda origin.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ke.ra/
• Lhasa: /ke˥˥.ʐa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ke.ra/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ge^f-ra^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ke˥˥.ʐa˥˥/

Noun

ཀེ་ར • (ke ra)

1. banana (fruit)

   Synonym: ངང་ལག (ngang lag)