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sen tsam/
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T206991
  • སེན་ཙམ (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
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In A Delightful Introduction for Ascertaining [Correct] Speech (smra ba rnam par nges pa rab dga'i 'jug pa), a short work that compares words in (unspecified) spoken dialects with their corresponding forms in literary Tibetan, Khedrupjé lists this as a dialect form that is equivalent to the literary dngos po chung ngu (“a little thing”).

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Other Dictionaries

Other Dictionaries

1. Dan Martin Dictionary

= dngos po chung ngu. a little thing. Kuijp (1986) 37. Apparent literal meaning is 'mere finger-nail size [thing].'

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English

2. Jim Valby Dictionary

as much as may be put on a fingernail, small quantity

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