སྨྱུག་མ

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-m(y)ik (“cane/sprout”). Compare Burmese မျှစ် (hmyac), Nuosu ꂷ (ma).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*zmʲuk.ma/
Lhasa: /ȵuŋ˥˥.məˑ/, / ȵuŋ˥˥.ma˩˨/
Batang: /ȵu⁵⁵ ma⁵³/
Zêkog: /rȵ̥ək ma/, / hȵəg mæ/
Bla-Brang: /hȵək ma/
Arik: /rȵ̥uk mæ /

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*zmʲuk.ma/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nyung^f-mac, nyung^f-ma^v
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ȵuŋ˥˥.məˑ/, / ȵuŋ˥˥.ma˩˨/
Khams
- (Batang) IPA^(key): /ȵu⁵⁵ ma⁵³/
Amdo
- (Zêkog) IPA^(key): /rȵ̥ək ma/, / hȵəg mæ/
- (Bla-Brang) IPA^(key): /hȵək ma/
- (Arik) IPA^(key): /rȵ̥uk mæ /

Noun

སྨྱུག་མ • (smyug ma)

bamboo

Related terms

སྨྱུག་གུ (smyug gu)
ཞ་སྨྱུག (zha smyug)

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