ཕག

See also: ཕྱག

Kurtöp

Etymology

From Proto-Bodish *pʰak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak. Cognates include Dzongkha ཕགཔ (phgap) and Tibetan ཕག (phag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰɐ́k], [pʰɐ́ː]

Noun

ཕག (phak)

  1. pig

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • G. Hyslop; K. Tshering; K. Lhendrup; P. Chhophyel (2016), Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 135
  • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017), A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 31
  • Kuenga Lhendup (2025), A Phonetic and Phonological reconstruction of Proto-Kurtöp[1], University of Syndey (PhD thesis), page 131

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak (pig).

Pronunciation


Noun

ཕག • (phag)

  1. pig

Coordinate terms

Chinese earthly branches: སྲོག (srog)edit

Derived terms