Balti

Noun

ཆུ ‎(čʰu)

1. water

References

• Peter C. Backstrom, and Carla F. Radloff Languages of northern areas: Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 2 (1992; SIL) (notes that this form is used in all dialect areas)

Dzongkha

Noun

ཆུ ‎(chu)

1. water

References

Ladakhi

Noun

ཆུ ‎(chu)

1. water

References

• August Hermann Francke, A Lower Ladakhi Version of the Kesar Saga
• Bettina Zeisler, Sentence patterns and pattern variation in Ladakhi, in Linguistics of the Himalayas and Beyond

Sherpa

Noun

ཆུ ‎(chu)

1. water

Reference

• Lhakpa Doma Sherpa, Chhiri Tendi Sherpa (Salaka), Karl-Heinz Krämer (Tsak), Sherpa Conversation & Basic Words (2006), page 148

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsju ‎(“water, liquid, body fluid”). Compare Chinese 斗 (“ladle”), 注 (“to pour”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*t͡ɕʰu/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: qu^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰu˥˥/

Noun

ཆུ • ‎(chu)

1. water
2. river

Zangskari

Noun

ཆུ

1. water

References

• Zanskari - English dictionary - Karsha au Zanskar