མིག

See also: མགོ

Ladakhi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak.

Noun

མིག (mig)

eye

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak.

Noun

མིག (mig) (Devanagari spelling मिग)

eye

References

Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

“eye”
Plain	མིག (mig)
Honorific	སྤྱན (spyan)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak. Cognate with Old Chinese 目 (*muɡ).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*mik/
Lhasa: /mi˥˩/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*mik/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: mi^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /mi˥˩/

Noun

མིག • (mig)

eye

Derived terms

མིག་ཆུ (mig chu, “tear”)
ཆུ་མིག (chu mig, “spring (water)”)
མིག་ཤེལ (mig shel, “glasses”)
མིག་སྤུ (mig spu, “eyebrow”)

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