འོ་མ

Ladakhi

Noun

འོ་མ ('o ma)

1. (standard) milk
2. (Mulbekh) curd

Sherpa

Noun

འོ་མ ('o ma) (Devanagari spelling ओ म)

1. milk

References

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

Tibetan

Etymology

འོ ('o, “milk”) +‎ མ (ma, “nominalisation suffix”); the first element 'o is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa (“to suckle; milk; breast”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɣo.ma/
• Lhasa: /ʔo˩˨.ma˥˥/
• Batang: /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
• Dêgê: /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
• Zêkog: /o ma/
• Bla-Brang: /o ma/
• Lahuli–Spiti: /o ma/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɣo.ma/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: o^v-ma^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʔo˩˨.ma˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɣo˩˧ ma˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /o˩˧ ma˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /o ma/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /o ma/
• Lahuli–Spiti
  • (Spiti) IPA^(key): /o ma/

Noun

འོ་མ • ('o ma)

1. milk