December 29, 2011

ཚ་བ།

tsha ba:

Tibetan verb tsha ba “to be hot” (intransitive and heteronomous verb) has been used as verbaliser. Note that the verbal compounds thus formed are of two types: (a) those that merely specify the kind of hotness expressed, that is, to be hot in terms of temperature and to be hot in terms of taste, and (b) those that express some sort of emotions or feelings.    


1. dbal tsha ba “to be hot in temperature” (e.g. me las dbal tsha ba)
2. drod tsha ba “to be hot in temperature”
3. ro tsha ba “to be hot in taste”
4. kha tsha ba “to be hot in taste”
5. ngo tsha ba “to be shy/ashamed/embarrassed”*
6. thugs tsha ba “to be shy/ashamed/embarrassed” (honorific)
7. bag tsha ba “to have inhibition or fear”
8. sha tsha ba “to be affectionate” (Tshig mdzod chen mo, s.v. brtse gdung)
9. mig tsha ba “to be envious or jealous” (Tshig mdzod chen mo, s.v. 1)
10. snying tsha ba “to be anxious” (Tshig mdzod chen mo, s.v. sems nyams mi bde ba)

*  Cf. g.yar tsha ba (archaic) (brDa dkrol gser gyi me long, s.v. g.yar tsha).

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