Lhasa apso

English

A Lhasa apso

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”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːsə ˈæpsoʊ/

Noun

Lhasa apso (plural Lhasa apsos)

A particular breed of dog, Tibetan in origin.

Translations

dog

Chinese:
Cantonese: 拉薩犬／拉萨犬 (laai¹ saat³ hyun²)

Mandarin: 拉薩犬／拉萨犬 (lāsàquǎn)
Estonian: lhasa apso
Finnish: lhasa apso, apso
French: Lhassa apso (fr)
Japanese: ラサ・アプソ (rasa-apuso)
Portuguese: lhasa apso
Russian: Лхасский апсо m (Lxasskij apso)
Swedish: lhasa apso (sv)

Further reading

Lhasa apso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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