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Where does “སྐུ” come from?

སྐུ (Tibetan) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-kəw — body; chest; thorax; corpse.

སྐུ (Tibetan): body; image, statue

Definitions

  1. body; image, statue

Ancestry of “སྐུ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans-kəwbody; chest; thorax; corpse

Words derived from “སྐུ”

  • tulku
  • སྤྲུལ་སྐུ
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