བཅུ

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Balti

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (ten).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bt͡ʃu/, [bt͡ʃu]

Numeral

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བཅུ (bcu)

  1. ten, 10

References

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  • Sprigg, R.K. (2002) Balti-English/English-Balti Dictionary, New York: Routledge

Tibetan

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Etymology 1

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Tibetan numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: བཅུ (bcu)
    Ordinal: བཅུ་པ (bcu pa)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj (ten). Cognate with Burmese ဆယ် (hcai, ten).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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བཅུ (bcu)

  1. ten

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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བཅུ (bcu) (nominal form བཅུ་བ)

  1. future of འཆུ ('chu)