蝴蝶

Chinese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese *ɦuo dep (first syllable unstressed), from Old Chinese *ɡaː l'eːb, derived from a proto-form of *kʰleːp ~ *ɦleːp, a prefixed form of the root *lep (“butterfly”), which was also the source of.

• and
• .

Variants of सांचो:lang / सांचो:lang, representing different developments from the proto-form, including disyllabification, fricativisation of the voiceless initial, etc.:

सांचो:och-l, सांचो:och-l, / सांचो:och-l, सांचो:och-l, सांचो:och-l.

There are different theories regarding the original meaning of the root *lep:

• , represented by the phonetic element सांचो:och-l in Chinese. Related to सांचो:och-l, सांचो:och-l, , and . See सांचो:zh-l for more.
• (सांचो:zh-ref), whence also सांचो:och-l, सांचो:och-l and . Compare , and Tagalog kislap ("to sparkle").

Alternatively, सांचो:zh-ref proposes that सांचो:lang is a fission reduplication of two cognate bases, the former being more likely:

• सांचो:och-l, alluding to the flapping motion of the butterfly's wings, or
• सांचो:och-l, from the way the butterfly holds its wings erect when not flying.

Compare , *qali- (prefix for words with a sensitive reference to the spirit world, including “butterfly”).

Noun

सांचो:lang (1)

1. butterfly सांचो:zh-mw
   • सांचो:zh-x
2. hinge सांचो:gloss

Synonyms

• सांचो:zh-l, सांचो:zh-l; सांचो:zh-l

See also

• सांचो:zh-l
• सांचो:zh-l