Note 1 — Chapter III · The Adjective.
Reading edition
But the vulgar language has a predilection for certain forms of Adjectives 1. those with the gerundial particle ཏེ་, as: ཚན་ཏེ་ for the more classical ཚན་ ‘warm’; these seem to be particularly in use in Tsaṅ: མཛའ་སྟེ་ ‘friendly’, less so in Ü. 2. compound adjectives either by simple reiteration of the root: རིལ་རིལ་ for རིལ་པོ་ ‘round’, or changing the vowel at the same time: ཁྲག་ཁྲུག་ ‘complicate’, གཙང་གཙོང་ ‘awry’ etc. Often they are quadrisyllables after this form: མལ་ལ་མུལ་ལེ་ ‘lukewarm’, ཆག་ག་ཆོག་གེ་ ‘medley’. ↑