དགུ

See also: དུག

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw.

Numeral

དགུ (dgu)

1. nine

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu/

Numeral

དགུ (dgu) (Devanagari spelling दगु)

1. nine

References

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

Tibetan

Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: དགུ (dgu)     Ordinal: དགུ་བ (dgu ba)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw (“nine”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*dɡu/
• Lhasa: /ku˩˨/
• Batang: /ɡʊ˥˧/
• Dêgê: /ɡu˧˩/
• Gyaitang: /ɡə˩˧/
• Zêkog: /rɡə/
• Bla-Brang: /hɡə/
• Arik: /rɡə/
• Maqu: /rɡə/
• Mdung-Nag: /ʱɡʷə/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*dɡu/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: gu^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ku˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ɡu˧˩/
  • (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /ɡə˩˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rɡə/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hɡə/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /rɡə/
  • (Maqu) IPA^(key): /rɡə/
  • (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /ʱɡʷə/

Numeral

དགུ • (dgu)

1. nine