လိပ်ပြာ

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Burmese

FWOTD – 10 July 2017
လိပ်ပြာ

Etymology

First element from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljap (“butterfly”), whence also Tibetan ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབ (phye ma leb) and Chinese 蝶 (OC *l'eːb).

Second element cognate with Tibetan བླ (bla) and Chinese 魄 (OC *pʰraːɡ).

For the association of "butterfly" with "spirit", compare Thai ผีเสื้อ (pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa, “butterfly”, literally “tutelary soul”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leɪʔpjà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: lippra • ALA-LC: lipʻprā • BGN/PCGN: leikpya • Okell: leiʔpya

Noun

လိပ်ပြာ • (lippra)

  1. butterfly
  2. incorporeal or animate part of a human being; consciousness; spirit

Derived terms

References

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