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单词 lepcha
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Lepcha

[ lep-chuh ]
/ ˈlɛp tʃə /

noun, plural Lep·chas, (especially collectively) Lep·cha for 1.

a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
the Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha.

Words nearby Lepcha

Leo XII, Leo XIII, LEP, Lepanto, Lepaya, Lepcha, Le Pen, Lepenski Vir, leper, leper house, lepidic
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Example sentences from the Web for Lepcha

  • He spoke the Lepcha dialect with an indescribable softening of the gutturals.

    The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition|Rudyard Kipling
  • The colonel informed me that the Lepcha language is very copious, expressive and beautiful, abounding largely in metaphor.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various
  • The Lepcha is an arrant coward, but a born naturalist, and has a name for every shrub and plant in Sikkim.

    Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent

British Dictionary definitions for Lepcha

Lepcha
/ (ˈlɛptʃə) /

noun

plural -cha or -chas a member of a Mongoloid people of Sikkim
the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family

adjective

of or relating to this people or their language
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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