མིག

See also: མགོ

Kurtöp

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mik. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and Dzongkha མིག- (mig-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mìk/, /mìː/

Noun

མིག (mik)

1. eye

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 152

Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak.

Noun

མིག (mig)

1. eye

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak.

Noun

མིག (mig) (Devanagari spelling मिग)

1. eye

References

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

Tibetan

“eye”

Plain	མིག (mig)
Honorific	སྤྱན (spyan)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak. Cognate with Old Chinese 目 (*muɡ).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mik/
• Lhasa: /mi˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: mi^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mi˥˨/

Noun

མིག • (mig)

1. eye

Derived terms

• མིག་ཆུ (mig chu, “tear”)
• ཆུ་མིག (chu mig, “spring (water)”)
• མིག་ཤེལ (mig shel, “glasses”)
• མིག་སྤུ (mig spu, “eyebrow”)

References

• “མིག” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “མིག” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.