ཤིག

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɕ/ (non-syllabic)

Adverb

ཤིག (shig)

1. (suffixed to verbs) used to form urgent imperatives or unambiguous imperatives

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.

Noun

ཤིག (shig)

1. louse

References

• Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.

Noun

ཤིག • (shig)

1. louse

Derived terms

• འདྲེ་ཤིག ('dre shig, “bedbug”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ɕik/
• Lhasa: /ɕi(k̚)ˀˑ/, /ɕ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ɕik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xig,ɕ
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕi(k̚)ˀˑ/, /ɕ/

Particle

ཤིག • (shig)

1. (Classical) Form of ཅིག (cig)
2. (grammar) urgent imperative marker

Usage notes

The modern imperative marker is a low register form, but can be used with both honorific and non-honorific forms. It is generally pronounced as a non-syllabic IPA^(key): /-ɕ/ appended onto the imperative form of the verb.

See also

• དོ (do)
• དང (dang)
• ཨ (a)
• ཤོག (shog)
• རོགས་གནང (rogs gnang)