2.3 How to Identify Root Letters in Words
In words with two letters without vowels, the first letter is always the root letter, such as:
| Number |
Tibetan Word |
English Meaning |
| 1. |
ངག |
voice |
| 2. |
ཆང་། |
beer |
| 3. |
ནད། |
illness |
| 4. |
ཉན། |
to listen |
| 5. |
ཁབ། |
needle |
| 6. |
ལམ། |
road |
| 7. |
ཆར། |
rain |
| 8. |
བལ། |
cotton |
| 9. |
རས། |
cloth |
| 10. |
ཟད། |
exhaust |
| Number |
1. |
2. |
3. |
4. |
5. |
| Tibetan Word |
ངག |
ཆང་། |
ནད། |
ཉན། |
ཁབ། |
| English Meaning |
voice |
beer |
illness |
to listen |
needle |
| Number |
6. |
7. |
8. |
9. |
10. |
| Tibetan Word |
ལམ། |
ཆར། |
བལ། |
རས། |
ཟད། |
| English Meaning |
road |
rain |
cotton |
cloth |
exhaust |
The first letter is the root letter in the following 14 combinations of words.
| Number |
Tibetan Word |
English Meaning |
| 1. |
གངས། |
snow |
| 2. |
ནགས། |
forest |
| 3. |
ནངས། |
the day after |
| 4. |
ནམས། |
|
| 5. |
བགས། |
gradual |
| 6. |
བངས། |
get soaked |
| 7. |
བབས། |
descend |
| 8. |
ལགས། |
a particle |
| 9. |
ལངས། |
to get up |
| 10. |
རགས། |
to obtain |
| 11. |
རངས། |
be delighted |
| 12. |
རབས། |
generation |
| 13. |
རམས། |
indigo |
| 14. |
སངས། |
to remove |
| Number |
1. |
2. |
3. |
4. |
5. |
6. |
7. |
| Tibetan Word |
གངས། |
ནགས། |
ནངས། |
ནམས། |
བགས། |
བངས། |
བབས། |
| English Meaning |
snow |
forest |
The day after |
|
gradual |
get soaked |
descend |
| Number |
8. |
9. |
10. |
11. |
12. |
13. |
14. |
| Tibetan Word |
ལགས། |
ལངས། |
རགས། |
རངས། |
རབས། |
རམས། |
སངས། |
| English Meaning |
a particle |
to get up |
to obtain |
be delighted |
generation |
indigo |
to remove |
