Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆p
Meaning: learn, practise
Tibetan: lob to learn, slob (p. bslabs, f. bslab, i. slob(s)) to learn, to teach; cf. also. ldob to apprehend quickly.
Comments: Limbu lup- 'teach manners'; PG *l(h)Vp to learn; Thebor lap-śi-; Trung sǝ3-lap1. Simon 22; Sh. 138; Peiros-Starostin 211.