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