လိပ်ပြာ

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)

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

Derived terms

လိပ်ပြာကပ် (lipprakap)
လိပ်ပြာကူး (lippraku:)
လိပ်ပြာချုပ် (lipprahkyup)
လိပ်ပြာခေါ် (lipprahkau)
လိပ်ပြာငယ် (lippra-ngai)
လိပ်ပြာစဉ် (lippracany)
လိပ်ပြာတောင် (lipprataung)
လိပ်ပြာလုံ (lippralum)
လိပ်ပြာသန့် (lipprasan.)

References

“လိပ်ပြာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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