Meaning & origin
What it means
nyi ma is a romanization of ཉི་མ. ཉི་མ goes back to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k), meaning “sun, day.”
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Where it comes from
nyi ma is a romanization of ཉི་མ. ཉི་མ comes from Proto-Bodish, and ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.
Explained through its name family
nyi ma’s family of names
In Sherpa usage, nyi ma is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ཉི་མ.
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