100 essential Tibetan words organized by topic
Vocabulary Quiz
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mi
person, human
khyim
house, home
chu
water
me
fire
sa
earth, ground
lung
wind
nyima
sun; day
dawa
moon; month
karma
star
nam
sky
ta
horse
khi
dog
ja
bird; chicken
nya
fish
lang
ox, bull
luk
sheep
ra
goat
go
head
mik
eye
nawa
ear
kha
mouth
lakpa
hand
kangpa
foot, leg
lü
body
sem
mind
ama
mother
apha
father
pu
son; child
pumo
girl, daughter
lama
lama, teacher
pö
Tibet
lhasa
Lhasa
gyanak
China
gyagar
India
trongkhyer
city
karpo
white
marpo
red
nakpo
black
serpo
yellow
ngönpo
blue
jangkhu
green
chik
one
nyi
two
sum
three
shi
four
nga
five
truk
six
dün
seven
gye
eight
gu
nine
chu
ten
chenpo
big, great
chungchung
small, little
sangpo
good
tukpo
bad, ugly
ringpo
long
thungthung
short
sarpa
new
nyingpa
old
sa
to eat
thung
to drink
dro
to go
ong
to come
de
to sit, stay
che
to do, make
she
to know
thong
to see
nyo
to buy
she
to say, tell
ja
tea
sha
meat
dre
rice
mar
butter
tsha
hot; salt
tep
book
go
door
do
stone
shing
tree; wood
ri
mountain
tsho
lake
chö
dharma, teaching
sanggye
Buddha
gendün
sangha, community
kyap
refuge
jangchup
enlightenment
tering
today
khasang
yesterday
sangnyin
tomorrow
tanda
now
yö
exist, have
me
not exist
re
is (copula)
yin
is (1st person)
min
is not
di
this
te
that
nga
I, me
khyerang
you (polite)
kho
he, him
mo
she, her