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Tibetan Word Book

Tibetan Word Book
Format: Dictionary
Publication Date: 194301/1943
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Sources ID: 125090
Visibility: Public (group default)
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A Tibetan-English dictionary which contains a vocabulary of several thousand items drawn from colloquial speech. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

Each of 2950 syllables is numbered. Compound words are listed under each heading, and crossreferenced to each of their members. A phonetic transcription is given. Intransiive and transitive verbs are marked, as well as honorifics and high honorifics. A real contribution to Tibetan etymology and word analysis which has not be properly followed up on. For a similar work see TSHE DBANG RNAM RGYAL (dag yig ma nor lam bzang /). (Nathan Hill 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

Format: 
Print media (print or manuscript)
Extent: 
447 p.
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