"མེ" meaning in Tibetan

See མེ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /*me/, /me˩˨/ [Lhasa], /ȵe˥˧/ [Batang], /ȵe˥˧/ [Dêgê], /mȵe/ [Zêkog], /ȵe/ [Bla-Brang], /mȵe/ (note: Arik), /mȵe/ (note: Maqu), /ɳe/ (note: Ngawa), /mʲe/ (note: Mdung-Nag), /ᵐȵe/ (note: Mdung-Nag) Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-bdi-pro|*mʲe}} Proto-Bodish *mʲe, {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*məj||fire}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} མེ • (me)
  1. fire Derived forms: མེ་མདའ (me mda') (english: gun), མེ་རྫས (me rdzas) (english: gunpowder), མེ་སྒྱོགས (me sgyogs) (english: cannon)
    Sense id: en-མེ-bo-noun-3J8osS3R Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tibetan entries with incorrect language header, Fire
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-bdi-pro",
        "3": "*mʲe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bodish *mʲe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*məj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "me",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "མེ • (me)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "bo",
          "name": "Fire",
          "orig": "bo:Fire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "gun",
          "roman": "me mda'",
          "word": "མེ་མདའ"
        },
        {
          "english": "gunpowder",
          "roman": "me rdzas",
          "word": "མེ་རྫས"
        },
        {
          "english": "cannon",
          "roman": "me sgyogs",
          "word": "མེ་སྒྱོགས"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-མེ-bo-noun-3J8osS3R",
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*me/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*me/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe˥˧/",
      "tags": [
        "Batang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe˥˧/",
      "tags": [
        "Dêgê"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "tags": [
        "Zêkog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe/",
      "tags": [
        "Bla-Brang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "note": "Arik"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "note": "Maqu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɳe/",
      "note": "Ngawa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐȵe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "མེ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "gun",
      "roman": "me mda'",
      "word": "མེ་མདའ"
    },
    {
      "english": "gunpowder",
      "roman": "me rdzas",
      "word": "མེ་རྫས"
    },
    {
      "english": "cannon",
      "roman": "me sgyogs",
      "word": "མེ་སྒྱོགས"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-bdi-pro",
        "3": "*mʲe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bodish *mʲe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*məj",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fire"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "me",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "མེ • (me)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tibetan",
  "lang_code": "bo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tibetan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tibetan lemmas",
        "Tibetan nouns",
        "Tibetan terms derived from Proto-Bodish",
        "Tibetan terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
        "Tibetan terms inherited from Proto-Bodish",
        "Tibetan terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
        "Tibetan terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "bo:Fire"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/*me/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/*me/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me˩˨/",
      "tags": [
        "Lhasa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe˥˧/",
      "tags": [
        "Batang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe˥˧/",
      "tags": [
        "Dêgê"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "tags": [
        "Zêkog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ȵe/",
      "tags": [
        "Bla-Brang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "note": "Arik"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mȵe/",
      "note": "Maqu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɳe/",
      "note": "Ngawa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐȵe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "མེ"
}

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