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)

1. butterfly
2. 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.