Прасинотибетский: *ƛēp
Значение: flat; slice
Тибетский: leb flat, gleb (p. glebs) to make flat, plain; lʒ́ab flat, plain, even.
Бирманский: hljap very thin, khjap thin, OB khlap numerative of flat thin things.
Качинский: gǝlep2, (H) lep, kǝlep to slice; gǝlap2 to peel off, to come off in thin layers.
Лушей: lēp a slice; hlep (hleʔ) cut off (cf. also hlīp (hliʔ) take off, lip (lip) to flay, to skin.
Лепча: líp to slice, to cut in slices as meat, cucumber; lep to press down, to flatten; flat; klip to be collapsed as bag or stomach from emptiness; klep thin (applied to insects); kljóp, a-kljóp flat; klóp-lă broad, flat
Комментарии: BG: Garo rep, Dimasa lep to slice; Lepcha lip id.; PK *p-lèm (/*phlèm) flat. Ben. 48; Luce 36, Gong 50. The root tends to merge with PST *lăp leaf (q. v.), which explains the variation of initials in OCh. and Tib.
