འོང

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa-ŋ. Related to ཡོང (yong, “to come”), which is an obvious alternative form of the same.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɣoŋ/
• Lhasa: /ʔoŋ˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɣoŋ/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ong^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʔoŋ˩˧˨/

Verb

འོང • ('ong) (nominal form འོང་བ)

1. (intransitive) to come, to approach
2. (intransitive) to arise, to come about
3. (intransitive) to be suitable, to be practicable
4. (Central Tibetan, auxiliary) future auxiliary particle

Conjugation

Conjugation of འོང

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	འོང	'ong
Future	འོང	'ong
Past	འོངས	'ongs
Imperative	འོངས ཤོག	'ongs shog