лӗпӗ

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Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Western Mari лыпы (lypy, “butterfly”).[1][2][3]

Compare Eastern Mari лыве (lyve), Hungarian lepke, Estonian liblikas.

Noun[edit]

лӗпӗ • (lĕp̬ĕ) (plural лӗпӗсем) 

  1. a parasite that infects a sheep's lungs
  2. butterfly
    Synonym: лӗпӗш (lĕp̬ĕš)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gábor Bereczki (2013) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 113-114
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1920) Die Tschuwassischen Lehnwörter im Tscheremissischen [Chuvash loan words in Mari], Helsinki: Société Finno-Ougrienne, page 252

Further reading[edit]

  • “лӗпӗ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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