la don

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dative [JV]

LA/ dative-locative particle [IW]

A term of grammar. The la equivalents. There are many particles tshig phrad in Tibetan grammar. This is one group of seven particles which all have the same function su/ ra/ ru/ du/ na/ la/ tu/. They are called la equivalents because they all have the same function as the particle la. In fact, as a group they perform several functions. Each of the seven does not have a different meaning but is used depending on the ending of the word that it is placed after [RY]