Wednesday, February 24, 2010

लेप لیپ ♣ Eng. live, leave

लेप لیپ ♣ Eng. live, leave

[lēp], m. plaster, ointment, coat.

[◀MIA: Pk. leppa-, lippa- n. ‘wall’ ◀OIA lēpya- ‘to be smeared’ MaitrUp., n. ‘plaster’ lex. <√lip ‘smear’ ◀PIE *leip- ‘to smear, stick, glue, adhere; fat’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. live, life, leave, liver ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lipid ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0974; (Turner, 1966) 11114, p.642; (MW, 1899) 0902; (Pokorny, 1959) 0670; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.460

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