ཤིག
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Dzongkha[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ཤིག (shig)
- (suffixed to verbs) used to form urgent imperatives or unambiguous imperatives
Sherpa[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.
Noun[edit]
ཤིག (shig)
References[edit]
- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009
Tibetan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik.
Noun[edit]
ཤིག • (shig)
Derived terms[edit]
- འདྲེ་ཤིག ('dre shig, “bedbug”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Old Tibetan: /*ɕik/
- Lhasa: /ɕi(k̚)ˀˑ/, /ɕ/
- Old Tibetan:
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: xig,ɕ
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ɕi(k̚)ˀˑ/, /ɕ/
Particle[edit]
ཤིག • (shig)
Usage notes[edit]
The modern imperative marker is a low register form, but can be used with both honorific and non-honorific forms. It is generally pronounced as a non-syllabic IPA(key): /-ɕ/ appended onto the imperative form of the verb.[1]
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References[edit]
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