ལྟམས

Tibetan

Alternative forms

• ལྟམ (ltam)
• བལྟམས (bltams)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), གཏམས (gtams).

Compare Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ltams/
• Lhasa: /tam˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ltams/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: dam^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tam˥˥/

Verb

ལྟམས • (ltams) (nominal form ལྟམས་པ)

“be born”

Plain	སྐྱེ (skye)
Honorific	ལྟམས (ltams)

1. to be full
2. (honorific, intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལྟམས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལྟམས	ltams
Future	བལྟམ	bltam
Past	བལྟམས	bltams
Imperative	ལྟམས	ltams