བྲེ
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Kurtöp[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Tibetan བྲེ (bre) and Dzongkha བྲེ (bre). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
བྲེ (bre)
- measuring cup (mug for measuring grain)
- A traditional unit of volume, equal to the volume of a measuring cup.
References[edit]
- Gwendolyn Hyslop (2011) A Grammar of Kurtöp (PhD thesis)[1], pages 108, 339
- G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 147