ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབ

Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

The last syllable is derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lep (butterfly), whence also Burmese လိပ်ပြာ (lippra) and Old Chinese 蝴蝶 (OC *ɡaː l̥ʰeːb/l'eːb).

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Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

ཕྱེ་མ་ལེབ (phye ma leb)

  1. butterfly

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