རི

See also: ར

Dzongkha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ri (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri˩/

Noun

རི (ri)

1. hill, (portion of) a mountain below the tree line

Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ri (“mountain”).

Noun

རི (ri)

1. mountain

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ri (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ri/
• Lhasa: /ʐi˩˨/
• Batang: /ʐi˨˧˩/
• Dêgê: /ri˧˩/
• Zêkog: /rə/
• Bla-Brang: /rə/
• Arik: /rə/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ri/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: ri^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʐi˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ʐi˨˧˩/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ri˧˩/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rə/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /rə/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /rə/

Noun

རི • (ri)

1. mountain, hill

Derived terms

• གངས་རི (gangs ri)
• ལྕགས་རི (lcags ri, “fence”)
• མེ་རི (me ri, “volcano”)

Tshangla

Noun

རི (ri)

1. (Tshangla) water
2. river

Synonyms

• छु (Memba)

References

• Erik E. Andvik, A Grammar of Tshangla (as ri)