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Simple Syllables

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The 10 Suffixes

Example Words

མིག

mik

eye

mig
ལག

lak

hand

lag
ཐུག

thuk

meet

thug
ཕྱག

chak

hand (hon.)

phyag
ཟུག

suk

pain

zug
སང

sang

tomorrow

sang
རིང

ring

long

ring
གསུང

sung

speech (hon.)

gsung
ཐང

thang

plain, field

thang
ནང

nang

inside

nang
བོད

pö

Tibet

bod
ཡོད

yö

exist, have

yod
མེད

me

not exist

med
རེད

re

is (copula)

red
ཤད

she

verse marker

shad
མིན

min

is not

min
ཡིན

yin

is (1st person)

yin
དོན

dön

meaning

don
ཆེན

chen

big, great

chen
སྤྱན

chen

eye (hon.)

spyan
ཐོབ

thop

obtain

thob
སྐྱབ

kyap

refuge

skyab
ཐབ

thap

stove

thab
གྲུབ

trup

accomplished

grub
འཐབ

thap

fight

'thab
ནམ

nam

when, sky

nam
དམ

tam

sacred, tight

dam
ཆོམ

chom

rob

chom
སེམ

sem

mind (abbr.)

sem
གནམ

nam

sky

gnam
ལྷ

lha

god, deity

lha
བཀའ

ka

word, command

bka'
སྐུ

ku

body (hon.)

sku
ཆོས

chö

dharma, teaching

chos
མིའི

mi

of a person

mi'i
ཕར

phar

over there

phar
ཚར

tshar

finish

tshar
དཀར

kar

white

dkar
དམར

mar

red

dmar
སེར

ser

gold, yellow

ser
བཀལ

kal

load

bkal
བསིལ

sil

cool

bsil
ཐལ

thal

ash, excess

thal
དུལ

tül

tame

dul
ཟལ

sal

face (hon.)

zal
ཆོས

chö

dharma

chos
མིས

mi

by a person

mis
ལུས

lü

body

lus
དུས

tü

time

dus
གོས

kö

clothes

gos