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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lēp
Meaning: fold
Chinese: 褶 *l_ēp double, lined (garment)
Tibetan: ldab (p. bldabs, f. bldab, i. ldob) go again, to repeat, ltab (p. bltabs, f. bltab, i. ltob) to fold or gather up; to lay or put together, lteb to double down, turn in.
Lushai: thlep (thleʔ) fold, fold up.
Kiranti: *p-läp (/*ph-)
Comments: Initial ld- / lt- in Tib. (instead of the inspected d- / th-) can be explained by a merger with *dĕp q. v.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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