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.

• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:cog and
• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:cog.

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

ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:och-l, ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:och-l, 胡蜨 / ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:och-l, ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:och-l, ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:och-l.

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

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

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

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

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

Noun

蝴蝶 (1)

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

Synonyms

• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:s

• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:s ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:zh-l, ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:zh-l; (Hokkien) ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:zh-l

See also

• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:zh-l
• ಟೆಂಪ್ಲೇಟು:zh-l