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ནས

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Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

ནས • (nas)

  1. highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)
See also
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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ནས • (nas)

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

Particle

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ནས • (nas)

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

Derived terms

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Zangskari

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Noun

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ནས (nas)

  1. barley

References

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