འ་ཀུ

Kurtöp

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kuʔ. Cognates include Dzongkha ཨ་ཁུ (a khu) and Tibetan ཨ་ཁུ (a khu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɐ̀.ku]

Noun

འ་ཀུ (aku)

  1. stepfather
  2. paternal uncle
  3. maternal uncle-in-law

References

  • Kuenga Lhendup (2025), A Phonetic and Phonological reconstruction of Proto-Kurtöp[1], University of Syndey (PhD thesis), page 130