མཇིང་པ

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m-liŋ (“neck”). Cognate with Phom ɯŋ³³, Konyak Naga ung phang, Tangsa kʰiŋ, Mru ling, Karbi ingphun, Mising əlüŋ, Mising lɯ po, Adi ɯŋ guŋ, Nyishi ləŋ-poː.

Noun

མཇིང་པ (jingpa)

1. neck

References

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

Tibetan

Noun

མཇིང་པ • (mjing pa)

1. neck