Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Title: Tibetan Word Book
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Sir Basil Gould, 1883-1957
Hugh Edward Richardson, 1905-2000
One Sentence Summary: A Tibetan-English dictionary which contains a vocabulary of several thousand items drawn from colloquial speech.

Description: A Tibetan-English dictionary which contains a vocabulary of several thousand items drawn from colloquial speech. (Michael Walter and Manfred Taube 2006-05-15, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)

Each of 2950 syllables is numbered. Compound words are listed under each heading, and crossreferenced to each of their members. A phonetic transcription is given. Intransiive and transitive verbs are marked, as well as honorifics and high honorifics. A real contribution to Tibetan etymology and word analysis which has not be properly followed up on. For a similar work see TSHE DBANG RNAM RGYAL (dag yig ma nor lam bzang /). (Nathan Hill 2007-12-13, revised by Bill McGrath 2008-01-03)
Publisher Place: London
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Normalized publisher place: London
Publisher country: United Kingdom
Published Date: 1943
Extent: 447 p.
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Reference Resources -- Dictionaries -- Tibetan Dictionaries -- Tibetan-English Dictionaries
Language: English
Tibetan
Format: Print media (print or manuscript)
Media type: Text
Resource Type: Dictionary
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Date Last Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
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