lepke

 

From Proto-Uralic *lȣ̈ppɜ (“butterfly”). Cognates include Southern Mansi лӓпӓх (läpäh), Northern Mansi ла̄панты (lāpanty, “butterfly”) (Sosva), Livvi liipoi (“butterfly”), and Eastern Mari лыве (lyve, “butterfly”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpkɛ]

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• Hyphenation: lep‧ke
• Rhymes: -kɛ

lepke (plural lepkék)

1. butterfly

   Synonyms: pillangó, pille

2. (zoology) a member of the order Lepidoptera (including butterflies, moths, and skippers)

   Hyponym: moly

• lepke in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN