Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ ‎(“to come (out); to enter”). Cognate with Burmese ဝင် ‎(wang, “to come in; to enter”), Chinese 往 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, “to go”). Related to འོང་བ ‎('ong ba, “to come”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*joŋ.ba/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: yong^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /joŋ˩˧/