ནས

Tibetan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*nas/
Lhasa: /nɛː˩˧˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*nas/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nae^w
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛː˩˧˨/

Noun

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

ནས • (nas)

highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)

See also

འབྲུ ('bru)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*nas/
Lhasa: /nɛːˑ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*nas/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nae
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛːˑ/

Suffix

ནས • (nas)

elative case marker, placed after nouns and pronouns: from.
1. Used to mark the logical subject: by
particle connecting two actions, placed after the first verb: then, after having done X.

Derived terms

ག་ནས (ga nas)

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