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send

  1. gtong ba/ 

    p. btang /  f. gtang /  imp. thong / 

    Biblical: to send: khyed kyi sngon du nga yi pho nya gtong /  I will send my messenger ahead of you (Mt. 11:10), ti mo the'u khyed tsho'i rtsar btang ba yin/  I sent Timothy to you (1 Cor. 4:17), myur du log gtang 'ong /  [he will] send it back shortly (Mk. 11:3), ngas lung ston pa dang sku tshab de rnams kyi rtsar gtang /  I will send them prophets and apostles (Lk. 11:49).

  2. mngag

    p. mngags/  f. mngag imp. mngogs/ 

    Biblical: to send for a purpose; to commission, delegate: khong gis nyid kyi pho nya mngags/  he will send his angels [to gather the elect] (Mt. 24:31), dkon mchog gis nyid kyi sras 'jig rten gyi zhal che gcad du ma mngags kyis/,,'jig rten gyi skyabs mdzad du mngags so/  God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world (Jn. 3:17), yab kyis nga mngags pa ltar/,,ngas kyang khyed mngag go as the Father has sent me, I am sending you (Jn. 20:21), ma shi kas nga khrus gsol du ma mngags/  Christ did not send me to baptize (1 Cor. 1:17).

    Buddhist: gang la mkhas pa'i mi de las la mngags/  whoever is an expert, entrust the work to him (KPU 11), rgyal srid spyi khyab khang gis rigs gcig mkhas pa'i tsho chung mngags/  an expert group sent by the State Council (MHP 8).

    Cognates: 1) ched mngag especially, purposely: na ning zhang kang nas ched mngag tu khyi nyo mkhan yong /  last year, dog-buyers came especially from Hong Kong (SLR 14); 2) sngon mngags/  subscriptions.

  3. rdzong ba/ 

    p. brdzangs/  f. brdzang /  imp. rdzongs/ 

    Biblical: to send off, dispatch on an errand: ngas khyod ring por phyi pa rnams kyi rtsar rdzong bar bya/  I will send you far away to the Gentiles (Acts 22:21), ngas khyod mi ser yul du rdzong bar bya'o/  I will send you back to Egypt (Acts 7:34), btson pa zhig la bkal pa'i nyes skyon rnams ma bshad par rdzong ba ni mi rigs par sems/  I think it is unreasonable to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him (Acts 25:27).

    Secular: rdzong ba/  to take or send someone somewhere (e.g. to take or give a daughter to another family in marriage or to send someone off at the train station, etc. (AMD).

  4. skur ba/ 

    p., f. bskur/  imp. skur/ 

    Biblical: bestow, give, send: rgan mi rnams la bskur to/  sending [their gift] to the elders (Acts 11:30), chos tshogs bdun po la skur zhig send it to the seven churches (Rev. 1:11), phan tshun lag rtags skur bar 'gyur ro/  will send each other gifts (Rev. 11:10).

    Secular: gser mang po bskur nas/  [he] sent much gold (TRC 153), rgyal spyi'i sbrag thog skur bya/  international mail.

  5. 'don pa/ 

    p. bton/  f. gdon/  imp. thon/ 

    Biblical: send; send out: nga ltar lung ston pa zhig 'don par 'gyur/  God will send you a prophet like me (Acts 7:37), khyed rnams ba bel mtha' ru 'don par bya'o/  I will send you into exile beyond Babylon (Acts 7:43).

  6. skyel ba/ 

    p. bskyel/ 

    Biblical: to send or dispatch: zhi bde bar lam skyel byos shig send [him] on his way in peace (1 Cor. 16:11 SV); yang khyed kyis ji ltar dkon mchog gi spyan sngar rung ba de ltar skyel thung byed de legs par bya'o/  you will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God (3 Jn. 6 SV).