shi ba

ཤི་བ
pf. of 'chi ba; death, to lie dead; quietude [RY]

[p 'chi ba], appeasing, death, quietude, lie dead [IW]

die, lifeless, dead, deceased, depart, expire, passed [JV]

1) to die, pass away, expire; 2) death, passing away, expiration; 3) to go out, turn off, break, malfunction (ex. glog shi song, "The electricity went out". The honorific form is grongs and grongs ba. See also shi. Erick Tsiknopoulos