བ
བ - Translingual
Letter
བ
- Tibetan letter ba
བ - Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɑ/, [bɑ]
Letter
བ (ba)
བ - Dzongkha
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɑ˥/, [pɑ˥]
Letter
བ (ba)
བ - Kurtöp
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bə̀/
Noun
བ (ba)
བ - Ladakhi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bə/, [bə]
Letter
བ (ba)
བ - Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ba/, [ba]
Letter
བ (ba)
བ - Sikkimese
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ/, [bɐ~p̀ʱɐ~b̀ɦɐ]
Letter
བ (ba)
བ - Tibetan
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ba/
- Lhasa: /wa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: waf
- (Lhasa) IPA: /wa˥˥/
Letter
བ • (ba)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ba/
- Lhasa: /wa˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: waf
- (Lhasa) IPA: /wa˥˥/
This may be pronounced in a number of ways, such as waf, or as -Ca (taking on the final consonant -C of the previous syllable). It may also coalesce with the previous syllable.
Suffix
བ • (ba)
- common suffix for adjectives, verbs and nouns
Particle
བ • (ba)
- male personifying/agent particle
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ba/
- Lhasa: /pʰa˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA: /*ba/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: pav
- (Lhasa) IPA: /pʰa˩˧/
Noun
བ • (ba)