ka med - neg. + ka med has same force as "neg. + vb. + rang + vb." used in colloquial Tibetan to indicate that something must be done, said, or whatever, against the actor's own personal wishes, that is, the situation is choiceless. E.g., khos las ka ma byed rang byed kyi 'dug, "He must work [even though he does not want to]." For an example of the "ka med" construction see "khas mi len ka med." [RY]
kha - bitter, second, part, time, front side, face, mouth, surface, square of cloth, second, 2, optional additional syllable to many colloquial words, part, origin, source, time, breadth of cloth, language, conversation, word, 1/6 part of a tang ka coin, mouth, edge, direction, to befall, to involuntarily happen, five [JV]
kha skad - oral account, tradition, narrative, colloquial language [JV]
kha skad - 1) zer rgyun ??[stream of speech], saying; 2) spoken /colloquial language/ expression; 3) oral account, recital, narrative; 4) native tongue [IW]
kha skad - 1) spoken / colloquial language, oral account, recital, narrative. 2) n. saying, {'jig rten pa'i kha skad} a colloquial expression. 3) native tongue [RY]
kha nas zer ba - speak colloquially [JV]
grong tshig - 1) colloquial talk; 2) Btsog pa'i tshig [IW]
gces ming - brtse dung gis 'bod ming bla dvags, nickname, colloquial-common/ affectionate/ pet name [IW]
thang klog sgra - colloquial and literary language [JV]
dran pa - 1) (Tha dad pa), be mindful, remember, recollect [R]; 2) [R], previously experienced/ acquainted things having been apprehended, not forgetting them [R] memory, alertness, presence of mind, mindfulness, recollection, sm ti, consciousness, thinking, think, pay attention [R] remember w longing, meditate [R] [not so much recalling the past as spontaneous habits like ducking when someone is trying to hit you] colloquial =] "heart" [R] [IW]
spyi skad - colloquial language [IW]
spyi skad du - in colloquial language [IW]
spyi'i skad - colloquial language [IW]
spyi'i skad du - in colloquial language [IW]
phal skad - ordinary colloquial speech, local dialect [IW]
phal skad - common dialect, colloquial language, slang [JV]
phal skad - colloquial/ vernacular speech [IW]
phal skad kyi rtsom yig - colloquial/ vernacular style of writing [IW]
phal skad dang yig skad - colloquial and literary speech [IW]
phal skad dang yig skad gnyis la khyad par phran bu yod - colloquial and literary speech are a little different [IW]
phal pa'i skad - layman's language/ tongue, colloquial [IW]
phal pa'i skad - layman's language / tongue, colloquial [RY]
phal tshig - ordinary colloquial speech, local dialect [IW]
'phrad skad - 1) local dialect; 2) colloquial language [IW]
'phrad skad - local tongue, colloquial language [RY]
'phral - 1) present, now, immediate; temporary, momentary, colloquial, petty, momentarily, now; at present, immediately, temporary, sudden, for a little while; sudden. {'phral ba} to be separated off from/ parted with; be isolated from [RY]
'phral - now, quick, right away, temporary, incidental, [at] present, immediate[ly], momentarily, colloquial, sudden, immediate nearness, for a little while, as soon as, separate, part, break apart, split [IW]
'phral skad - colloquial language; colloquial [RY]
'phral skad - colloquial language [IW]
'phral skad - common dialect, colloquial language, language of the common people [JV]
'bo bre - colloquial for measuring vessel [JV]
man - colloq. for ma yin, abbr. for man chad [JV]
yod na med na - R/GD (colloq): = {rtsa chen po} very important, crucial. R explained this as meaning: "if this one thing exists, everything exists, if it does not, nothing does." He used one's root guru as an example. See also {yod yod med med}. [mss] [RY]
yod yod med med - R/GD (colloq.): = {yod na med na}. [mss] [RY]
rlabs chen po - R/GTD (colloq): great, "precious" (said of layman, roughly equivalent to rtsa chen po which is said of high lamas & rinpoches). See MG. [mss] [RY]
rlung gi 'khyil 'khor - atmosphere [colloqiual/ scientific] mandala of wind [tantric, traditional cosmology] [IW]