лӗпӗ
Chuvash
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Western Mari лыпы (lypy, “butterfly”).[1][2][3]
Compare Eastern Mari лыве (lyve), Hungarian lepke, Estonian liblikas.
Noun
editлӗпӗ • (lĕp̬ĕ) (plural лӗпӗсем)
References
edit- ^ Gábor Bereczki (2013) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 113-114
- ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “лӗпӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 337
- ^ Räsänen, Martti (1920) Die Tschuwassischen Lehnwörter im Tscheremissischen [Chuvash loan words in Mari], Helsinki: Société Finno-Ougrienne, page 252