nyam chung ba

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ཉམ་ཆུང་བ
1) humility; 2) poverty; 3) weakness [IW]

1) humility. 2) poverty; weak, feeble [RY]

1) humility, humbleness; 2) modesty, meekness, timidity, reserve, moderation, self-effacement, shyness; 3) poverty, lowliness, destitution, impoverishment; 4) weakness, feebleness; 5) fragility, innocence. This word is used rather loosely in Colloquial Tibetan, and can have many meanings. See nyam chung. Erick Tsiknopoulos