སྔོན་པོ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋow (“white; green; yellow; blue”). Related to སྔོ (sngo, “green; blue; vegetables; plant”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*zŋon.po/
Lhasa: /ŋø̃˥˥.po˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*zŋon.po/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan Pinyin: ngoen^f-bo^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ŋø̃˥˥.po˥˥/

Adjective

སྔོན་པོ • (sngon po)

blue

Usage notes

This word is used to describe a different range of hues than English blue; it can cover the green of plants, but not the blue of the sea.

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