January 06, 2012

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cung zad:

Probably cung is cognates to chung (“small”) and nyung “few” and cung zad etymologically means chung/nyung ngu tsam du zad pa or chung/nyung ngu tsam gyis zad pa “exhaustible/depletable by mere   [consumption of] a small degree/quantity].” Note that according to the brDa dkrol (s.v. chung zad), chung zad means cung zad.

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