The number གཅིག་ “one” has several meanings. In its pronominal use, it can mean both “someone” and “something.” On the other hand, in certain contexts, གཅིག་ means “once” or “a little.”

• འདིར་གཅིག་ཕེབས་སོང་། “Someone came here.”
• དངུལ་གཅིག་གཡར་དང་། “Lend me a little money.”
• ང་རང་ཁོ་དང་གཅིག་འཛིང་གི་ཡིན། “I’m going to have a bit of a quarrel with him.”