pheledaengdai

Khumi Chin

Pheledaengdai.

Etymology

At least partly from Proto-Kuki-Chin *pha-lep, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lep. Cognates include Zou pengpelek and Burmese လိပ်ပြာ (lippra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰe˧.le˧.dɛ̃˥.dai̯˩/

Noun

pheledaengdai

1. butterfly

Derived terms

• pheledaengdai-ing

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎^[1], Payap University, page 73