ནས

Tibetan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*nas/
• Lhasa: /nɛː˩˧˨/

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• 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)

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

See also

• འབྲུ ('bru)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*nas/
• Lhasa: /nɛːˑ/

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

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

• ག་ནས (ga nas)

Zangskari

Noun

ནས (nas)

1. barley

References

• Zanskari - English dictionary - Karsha au Zanskar