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lhasa apso

/ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
lhasa ap-so
IPA
/ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

Etymology

From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/

Inflected Forms

Lhasa apsos (plural)

Synonyms

lhasa

Questions

How do you pronounce lhasa apso?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/.
What does lhasa apso mean?
A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.
Where does lhasa apso come from?
From Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + Tibetan ཨོག་ཚོམ (og tshom) / ཨག་ཚོམ (ag tshom, “goatee, chin-beard”). Alternatively, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + ར་ཕོ (ra pho, “billy goat”) OR from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa) + འབ་ ('ab, “to bark”) + སོ་ (so, “guard, watchman”).

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