Some old or new neologisms are purely Tibetan scientific or vernacular inventions. Here are a few examples:

• ལྕགས་རྟ་ “Bicycle” (Literally: “Iron horse”)
• ལྕགས་བྱ་ “Airplane” (Literally: “Iron bird”)
• རླུང་འཕྲིན་ “Radio” (Literally: “Air message”)
• གཟུགས་མཐོང་རླུང་འཕྲིན་ “Television” (Literally: “Form-seeing radio”)