yegai

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Tibetan ཡི་གེ (yi ge).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jəke]

Noun

yegai

1. letters, writing

   yegai-de hanqai lha la jho-di-li.

   In addition to writing, thangka painting is taught [at schools] as well.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 100)

2. letter (postal message)

   dojjai yegai-ha zhungo dai-gu-lio.

   Dojjai sent the letter to China.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 188)

3. language

   Synonym: hua

   suan yegai ― Tibetan language (Quoted in Sandman, p. 88)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN