Language: | Tibetan (Standard Spoken) |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
khyed.rang. | 2nd sg. hon. | - Etymology: the constituents rang (self) and tsho(group) are transparent to native speakers; rnam is found asa noun in Preclassical Tibetan, meaning 'individuals' |
khyed.rnams.tsho./ nga.rnams.tsho. | 2nd pl. hon. | - the second form is based on the 1sg ordinary pronoun, thegrammar, however, does not indicate the rules of usage; - all plural honorific pronouns take the form rnams whichderives from a noun in Preclassical Tibetan with the meaning'individuals' |
khyod.(rang). | 2nd sg. fam. | |
khyod.(rang.)tsho. | 2nd pl. | -2pl familiar pronoun; based on 2sg familiar |