ལྷོ་སྣེ་གླིང

Tibetan

ལྷོ་སྣེ་གླིང

Etymology

From ལྷོ་སྣེ (lho sne) +‎ གླིང (gling). Calque of Chinese 南極洲／南极洲 (Nánjízhōu).

Pronunciation

• Lhasa: /ɬo˥˥.neˑ liŋ˥˥/

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• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lho^f-ne ling^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɬo˥˥.neˑ liŋ˥˥/

Proper noun

ལྷོ་སྣེ་གླིང • (lho sne gling)

1. Antarctica

References

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Goldstein, Melvyn (2001). The New Tibetan-English Dictionary of Modern Tibetan. University of California Press.