ནས

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Compared with Chinese 黍 (OC *hljaʔ, “millet”) in Schuessler (2007).

Pronunciation

Noun
“highland barley”
Plain ནས (nas)
Honorific ཕྱག་འབྲུ (phyag 'bru)

ནས • (nas)

  1. highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)
See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Suffix

ནས • (nas)

  1. elative case marker, placed after nouns and pronouns: from.
  2. Used to mark the logical subject: by

Particle

ནས • (nas)

  1. particle connecting two actions, placed after the first verb: then, after having done X.

Derived terms

Zangskari

Noun

ནས (nas)

  1. barley

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.