[lēī], f. an adhesive paste, mortar.
[◀MIA: Pk. lēva- m. ‘plaster’; Pa. lēpa- m. ‘plaster’ ◀OIA lēpa- m. ‘smearing’ Yājñ., ‘ointment, plaster’ MBh. <√lip ‘smear’ ◀PIE *leip- ‘to smear, stick, glue, adhere; fat’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. live, life, leave, liver ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. lipid ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0976; (Turner, 1966) 11110, p.642; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 586; (MW, 1899) 0902; (Pokorny, 1959) 0670; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.460
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