ལྟམས

Tibetan

Alternative forms

ལྟམ (ltam)
བལྟམས (bltams)

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), གཏམས (gtams).

Compare Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*ltams/
Lhasa: /tam˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*ltams/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: dam^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tam˥˥/

Verb

ལྟམས • (ltams) (nominal form ལྟམས་པ)

“be born”
Plain	སྐྱེ (skye)
Honorific	ལྟམས (ltams)

to be full
(honorific, intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of **ལྟམས** (ltams)
present	ལྟམས (ltams)
future	བལྟམ (bltam)
past	བལྟམས (bltams)
imperative	ལྟམས (ltams)