མེ

See also: མ, མི, and མོ

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me˩/

Noun

མེ (me)

1. fire
2. light, lantern

Synonyms

• ཞུགས་མེ (zhugs me) (formal)

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej.

Noun

མེ (me)

1. fire

References

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

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*me/
• Lhasa: /me˩˨/
• Batang: /ȵe˥˧/
• Dêgê: /ȵe˥˧/
• Zêkog: /mȵe/
• Bla-Brang: /ȵe/
• Arik: /mȵe/
• Maqu: /mȵe/
• Ngawa: /ɳe/
• Mdung-Nag: /mʲe/, /ᵐȵe/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*me/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: me^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /me˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ȵe˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ȵe˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /ȵe/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
  • (Maqu) IPA^(key): /mȵe/
  • (Ngawa) IPA^(key): /ɳe/
  • (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /mʲe/, /ᵐȵe/

Noun

མེ • (me)

1. fire

Derived terms

• མེ་མདའ (me mda', “gun”)
• མེ་རྫས (me rdzas, “gunpowder”)
• མེ་སྒྱོགས (me sgyogs, “cannon”)