Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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STEDT has provisionally set up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *phi-r/n/s (late, behind, after, outside). Related to འཕྱི ('phyi), ཕྱིར (phyir), ཕྱིས (phyis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ཕྱི (phyi)

  1. outside, exterior
    Antonym: ནང (nang)
  2. rear, back part, behind
  3. future, next, later, following
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ཕྱི (phyi) (nominal form ཕྱི་བ)

  1. Alternative form of འཕྱིད ('phyid): to wipe, to efface, to erase