སྒོང་ང

Tibetan

Etymology

སྒོང (sgong, “egg”) (from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-gwa-ŋ (“egg; testicle”)) + ང (nga) (from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋa (“egg; hatch”)).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*zɡoŋ.ŋa/
Lhasa: /koŋ˩˧.ŋa˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*zɡoŋ.ŋa/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: gong^v-nga^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /koŋ˩˧.ŋa˥˥/

Noun

སྒོང་ང • (sgong nga)

egg

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