རྒལ

See also: རྒྱལ་བ

Tibetan

Etymology

Resultative of སྒྲོལ (sgrol). A relationship with Chinese 河 (OC *ɡaːl, “river”) was proposed by Coblin (1986).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rɡal/
• Lhasa: /kɛː˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rɡal/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: gae^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /kɛː˩˨/

Verb

རྒལ • (rgal) (nominal form རྒལ་བ)

1. (transitive) to ford (a river), to cross, to traverse, to travel through
2. (transitive) to pass, to exceed a measure

Conjugation

Conjugation of རྒལ

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	རྒལ	rgal
Future	བརྒལ	brgal
Past	བརྒལ (archaic) བརྒལད	brgal brgald
Imperative	རྒོལ (archaic) རྒོལད	rgol rgold