ལྡག

See also: ལྡེག་པ and ལྡོག་པ

Tibetan

Etymology

From earlier *C-ljag (C = prefix, likely the homorganic prenasalisation prefix *ɴ-), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick”). Related to ལྕེ (lce, “tongue”), ལྗགས (ljags, “(polite) tongue”) and Burmese လျက် (lyak, “to lick”). Compare འདག ('dag).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ldak/
• Lhasa: /ta˩˧˨/
• Batang: /ɕoʔ˨˧˩/
• Dêgê: /ɖ͡ʐi˥˧/
• Zêkog: /rdak/
• Bla-Brang: /hdak/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ldak/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: da^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ta˩˧˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ɕoʔ˨˧˩/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ɖ͡ʐi˥˧/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rdak/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hdak/

Verb

ལྡག • (ldag) (nominal form ལྡག་པ)

1. (transitive) to lick, to lap

Conjugation

Conjugation of ལྡག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ལྡག	ldag
Future	བལྡག	bldag
Past	བལྡགས	bldags
Imperative	ལྡོགས ལྡོག ལྡགས	ldogs ldog ldags