Lepcha

[ lep-chuh ]

noun

, plural Lep·chas, (especially collectively) Lep·cha

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

Lepcha

/ ˈlɛptʃə /

noun

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

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Example Sentences

The Lepcha is an arrant coward, but a born naturalist, and has a name for every shrub and plant in Sikkim.

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The sting produces violent inflammation, and to punish a child with mealum-ma is the severest Lepcha threat.

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The colonel informed me that the Lepcha language is very copious, expressive and beautiful, abounding largely in metaphor.

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

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