གསོད

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/b-sat (“to kill”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ksot/
• Lhasa: /sɛː˥˨/
• Batang: /sɛʔ˥˧/
• Dêgê: /sɛ˥˧/
• Zêkog: /ɣsal/
• Bla-Brang: /sal/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ksot/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sae^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sɛː˥˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /sɛʔ˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /sɛ˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /ɣsal/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /sal/

Verb

གསོད • (gsod) (nominal form གསོད་པ)

1. (transitive) to kill, to slaughter, to murder
2. (transitive) to annihilate, to exterminate, to eliminate, to eradicate, to extinguish

Conjugation

Conjugation of གསོད

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	གསོད	gsod
Future	གསད	gsad
Past	བསད	bsad
Imperative	སོད	sod

Synonyms

• གུམ (gum, “to die; to kill”)

See also

• འཆི ('chi, “to die”)