གསོན

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-sow (“arise, awaken”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*kson/
• Lhasa: /sø̃˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*kson/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: soen^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sø̃˥˥/

Verb

གསོན • (gson) (nominal form གསོན་པ)

1. live, survive
2. hearken,urge on
3. listen, hear