Tibetan

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*nas/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: nae^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛː˩˧˨/

Noun

ནས • ‎(nas)

1. highland barley (principal cereal cultivated on the Tibetan plateau)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*nas/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan Pinyin: nae
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /nɛːˑ/

Suffix

ནས • ‎(nas)

1. elative case marker, placed after nouns and pronouns: from.
2. particle connecting two actions, placed after the first verb: then, and.