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Revision as of 12:19, 2 May 2021
Contents
dzo → eng
Case I
མཐུ་ → bewitchment/black magic, power
Example sentences:
| Dzongkha Sentence | English Translation |
|---|---|
| ཁོ་གི་མཐུ་རྐྱབ་འོང་ | He might do black magic. |
| སྨན་གྱི་མཐུ་ | The power of medicine. |
- Generalization rule: མཐུ་/black magic is usually followed by closely related words like casting(do), spell, witchcraft.
- The default will be མཐུ་/power.
Case II
ཕྱག་ → honorific of hand, prostrate
Example sentences:
| Dzongkha Sentence | English Translation |
|---|---|
| ཕྱག་འཚལ་གེ་ | Let (us) prostrate. |
| ཕྱག་ལས་གནང་ | Bestowed from (their) hand. |
- Generalization rule: ཕྱག་/hand takes on the subcategory <hn> after <n>
- The default will be ཕྱག་/prostrate.
Case III
འཐེན་ → verbal message, pull
Example sentences:
| Dzongkha Sentence | English Translation |
|---|---|
| ཞབས་ཁྲ་འཐེན་ནི་ | (We) will sing. |
| ཐགཔ་འཐེན་ནི་ | (We) will pull the rope. |
