སྤོ་བོ

Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*spo.bo/
• Lhasa: /po˥˥.wo˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*spo.bo/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: bo^f-wo^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /po˥˥.wo˥˥/

Noun

སྤོ་བོ • (spo bo)

1. (family) grandfather
2. (family) father-in-law
3. (geography) the historical region of Powo in southeastern Tibet, known for its connection to the Yarlung dynasty

Related terms

• མེས (mes)
• རྨོ་མོ (rmo mo)

References

• “སྤོ་བོ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• Ronis, Jann (2011). An Overview of Powo.