ལ་ཝམ

Kurtöp

ལ་ཝམ་

Etymology

From ལ (la, “mountain”) +‎ ཝམ (wam, “bear”). Akin to Dzongkha ལ་དོམ (la dom).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə̀wəm/

Noun

ལ་ཝམ (lawam)

1. Himalayan black bear

References

• G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 208