སོ་པ

See also: སྐྱོ་པོ

Tibetan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*so.pa/
• Lhasa: /so˥˥.pa˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*so.pa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: so^f-ba^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /so˥˥.pa˥˥/

Noun

སོ་པ • (so pa)

1. spy, scout, lookout
2. keeper, guard

See also

• གཡུལ་བསྲུང (g.yul bsrung)
• བྱ་ར་བ (bya ra ba)