လိပ်ပြာ
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): /leɪʔpjà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: lippra • ALA-LC: lipʻprā • BGN/PCGN: leikpya • Okell: leiʔpya
Noun edit
လိပ်ပြာ • (lippra)
- butterfly
- incorporeal or animate part of a human being; consciousness; spirit
Derived terms edit
- လိပ်ပြာကပ် (lipprakap)
- လိပ်ပြာကူး (lippraku:)
- လိပ်ပြာချုပ် (lipprahkyup)
- လိပ်ပြာခေါ် (lipprahkau)
- လိပ်ပြာငယ် (lippra-ngai)
- လိပ်ပြာစဉ် (lippracany)
- လိပ်ပြာတောင် (lipprataung)
- လိပ်ပြာလုံ (lippralum)
- လိပ်ပြာသန့် (lipprasan.)
References edit
- “လိပ်ပြာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.