ལྔ

See also: ལ, ལི, ལོ, ལྕེ, and ལྷ

Dzongkha

Dzongkha cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ལྔ (lnga)     Ordinal : ལྔ་པ (lnga pa)     Adverbial : ཚར་ལྔ (tshar lnga)     Multiplier : ལྔ་བལྟབ (lnga bltab)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋɑ˥/
• Homophone: རྔ (rnga)

Numeral

ལྔ (lnga)

1. five (5)

Sherpa

Numeral

ལྔ (lnga) (Devanagari spelling ल्ङ)

1. five (5)

Tibetan

Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ལྔ (lnga)     Ordinal: ལྔ་པ (lnga pa)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*lŋa/
• Lhasa: /ŋa˥˥/
• Batang: /ŋa˥˧/
• Dêgê: /ŋa˥˧/
• Gyaitang: /ŋa˥˥/
• Zêkog: /rŋa/
• Bla-Brang: /hŋa/
• Arik: /rŋæ/
• Maqu: /rŋa/
• Mdung-Nag: /ʱŋɐ/
• Lahuli–Spiti: /ŋa/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*lŋa/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: nga^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ŋa˥˥/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /ŋa˥˧/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /ŋa˥˧/
  • (Gyaitang) IPA^(key): /ŋa˥˥/
• Amdo
  • (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rŋa/
  • (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hŋa/
  • (Arik) IPA^(key): /rŋæ/
  • (Maqu) IPA^(key): /rŋa/
  • (Mdung-Nag) IPA^(key): /ʱŋɐ/
• Lahuli–Spiti
  • (Spiti) IPA^(key): /ŋa/

Numeral

ལྔ • (lnga)

1. five

Derived terms

• ལམ་ལྔ (lam lnga)

 

References

• “ལྔ” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
• “ལྔ” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.