བྲེ
Kurtöp
editEtymology
editRelated to Tibetan བྲེ (bre) and Dzongkha བྲེ (bre). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editབྲེ (bre)
- measuring cup (mug for measuring grain)
- A traditional unit of volume, equal to the volume of a measuring cup.
References
edit- Gwendolyn Hyslop (2011) A Grammar of Kurtöp (PhD thesis)[1], pages 108, 339
- G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 147