Saturday, June 6, 2009

लीपना لیپنا ♣ Eng. live, leave

लीपना لیپنا ♣ Eng. live, leave

[līpnā], v.t. to plaster (as with mud), coat, smear.

[◀MIA: Pk. lippaï ‘is smeared’; Pa. lippati ‘is soiled, smears’ ◀OIA lipyatē ‘is smeared’ ĪśUp. <√lip ‘smear’ ◀PIE *leip- ‘to smear, stick, glue, adhere; fat’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. live, life, leave, liver ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lipid ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0974; (Turner, 1966) 11061, p.642; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 584; (MW, 1899) 0902; (Pokorny, 1959) 0670; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.460

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