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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *li̯àp`[à]
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: leaf
Russian meaning: лист
Turkic: *japur-gak
Mongolian: *labči
Korean: *níph
Japanese: *nàpài
Comments: EAS 75, KW 272, Владимирцов 369, Poppe 37, 44, АПиПЯЯ 19, 42, 282, Лексика 112. The Kor. vowel is probably secondary (pointing to a variant *li̯àp`e).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *japur-gak
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: leaf
Russian meaning: лист
Old Turkic: japɨrɣaq (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: japurɣaq (MK)
Turkish: japrak
Tatar: jafraq
Middle Turkic: japɨrɣan (Abush.), j[a]praq (MA)
Uzbek: japrɔq
Uighur: jopurmaq
Azerbaidzhan: jarpaG
Turkmen: japraq
Oyrat: d́albɨraq
Yakut: sebirdex
Dolgan: hebirdek
Tuva: čövüree 'bark'
Tofalar: čö'prää 'bark'
Kirghiz: ǯalbɨraq
Kazakh: žapɨraq
Noghai: japɨraq
Bashkir: japraq
Balkar: čapraq
Gagauz: japraq
Karaim: japrax
Karakalpak: žapɨraq
Salar: järfɨχ
Kumyk: japraq
Comments: VEWT 188, EDT 879-80, ЭСТЯ 4, 130-132, Лексика 111-112, Stachowski 100. Clauson derives *japur-gak from *japur- 'to smoothe, level', which is an obvious contamination - just as the contamination with *jalpɨ- 'flat' (v. sub *dĕ̀lp`à) in some languages.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *labči
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: leaf
Russian meaning: лист
Written Mongolian: nabči(n) (L 555)
Middle Mongolian: nabučin (HY 7), nabčin (MA), nabčīn (Lig.VMI)
Khalkha: navč
Buriat: nabša
Kalmuck: napčǝ
Ordos: nabči
Dongxian: lačǝn
Baoan: labčoŋ
Dagur: larči (Тод. Даг. 152), lariči (MD 185) 1
Shary-Yoghur: ɫabǯǝg
Monguor: la(b)śʒ́i (SM 218), (MGCD labǯi)
Comments: KW 272, MGCD 497. Mong. > Evk. napči, see Doerfer MT 127.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *níph
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: leaf
Russian meaning: лист
Modern Korean: ip [iph]
Middle Korean: níp (níph-)
Comments: Nam 126, KED 1370.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *nàpài
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sprout
Russian meaning: росток
Old Japanese: nape
Middle Japanese: nàfè
Tokyo: náe
Kyoto: nàé
Kagoshima: naé
Comments: JLTT 490. Both Tokyo and Kyoto point to a variant *nàpái (Kagoshima is ambiguous).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *lVṗV
Meaning: leaf, bark
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *lep- (Gr. lépō, lepís, lopís, Lith. lãpas etc.; WP II 429f) + *loup-, *loubh- (?); also *lap- 2720
Altaic: *li̯àp`[a]
Uralic: *lEpV (*lepV)
Kartvelian: *lapan-
Eskimo-Aleut: *Napar
Comments: МССНЯ 351, ОСНЯ 2, 33-34 has *loṗV 'to peel' ( = ND 1319 *l̄up(V)ʔa 'bast, bark') - with addition of PU *loppV 'bark basket' (Coll. 96) and Ewk. Sev.-Baik. lop- 'to peel'. Perhaps indeed two roots?
References: ОСНЯ 2, 33-34; ND 1314 *ḷe[ʔ]äpa 'leaf, foliage'.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 515
Proto: *lEpV (*lepV)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: leaf
German meaning: Blatt
Finnish: leve (gen. lepeen) 'Splitter, Schuppe, Blättchen, Flocke'
Khanty (Ostyak): ḷi̮wǝt (V), lipǝt (DN O) 'Blatt'
Mansi (Vogul): laptā (TJ), ɫöṗṭǝ (Kū), luptǝ (P), lūpta (So.)
Hungarian: levél (acc. levelet) 'Blatt, Brief'
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *lap-an-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: луб, лыко
English meaning: bast
Georgian: lapan-
Megrel: lipon-
Notes and references: См. ОСНЯ 2, 34, где основа выводится из ностр. *Lop`V 'ободранная кора' (ср. скорее ПИЕ *lep-, алт. *liap`e 'лист').
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *Napar
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: tree (foliar)
Russian meaning: дерево (лиственное)
Proto-Yupik: *Napa
Proto-Inupik: *napaaqtu-, *napar-
Comments: The connection with *ńapa-(ʁ-) 'to stand erected, pole, mast' may be secondary.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 216
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *Napa
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: tree (growing) 1, asp 2
Russian Meaning: дерево (растущее) 1, осина 2
Chaplino: napǝ́na (t) 2
Naukan: napáχtuq 1
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: napaq 1
Central Alaskan Yupik: napa 1
Nunivak (Peripheral): napalẹʁia* 3sg.? 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 216
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *näpạaqtu-, *napar-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: tree 1, moutain ash 2
Russian meaning: дерево 1, горный ясень 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: navāqtuq 1
SPI Dialects: Imaq naváqtoq 1, W nävāχtu(q)* (ūk, ut)
North Alaskan Inupik: napāqtuq 1
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl näpāqtoq* 1, Qaw naparut pl. 1
Western Canadian Inupik: napāqtuq 1
WCI Dialects: Cor nẹpāqtoq* 1, M näpāqtoq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: napāqtuq 1
Greenlandic Inupik: napāʁtuq (napârtoq*) 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 216
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : LVPV
Meaning : leaf
Eurasiatic : *lVṗV
Afroasiatic : ? *lVp- (Ar. laff-, ECush. *laHa[p])
Sino-Caucasian : *ƛ̣ăpĭ́
Reference : ND 1314.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛ̣ăpĭ́
Meaning: leaf
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *ƛ̣ăpi (~-e)
Sino-Tibetan: *lăp
Yenisseian: *jǝ̄pe
Burushaski: *ltap
Basque: *lapa-r̄
Comments and references : HGC 20, NSC 58 *ƛ̣ApE, DCE 18. Regular except for PY length which must be secondary.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛ̣ăpi (~-e)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ƛ̣apV (~ -o-)
Proto-Lak: č̣aṗi
Proto-Dargwa: *ḳa[p]i
Proto-West Caucasian: *Ła(m)pa (~*l-)
Notes: Correspondences are quite regular (except the secondary voicing *ƛ̣- > *Ł- in PWC, which is a frequent phenomenon).
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ƛ̣apV (~ -o-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Chamalal: apal
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gad. lapã which unambiguosly suggests PA *ƛ̣ap-. The root is isolated within Andian, but has reliable external parallels.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: č̣aṗi
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Lak form: č̣aṗi
Comments: Cf. Khosr. č̣aṗi id.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *ḳa[p]i
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Akusha: ḳapi
Chiragh: ḳap:ara
Comments: The original *-p- is well preserved in Ak.; however, other dialects reflect secondary assimilated forms *ḳaṗi (cf. Kad., Ur., Muir. ḳaṗi, Mek. ḳaṗe) or *ḳap:i (cf. Kait., Tsud. ḳap:i, Kub. ḳap:e; the Chir. form is an original plural from this variant).
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *Ła(m)pa (~*l-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Adyghe: tħāp
Kabardian: tħampa
Comments: PAK *tħá(m)pa. Abitov's and Shagirov's (2, 83) explanation ("ear"+"front part") is clearly a folk etymology. The word has quite reliable parallels in EC languages. AK > Osset. (Dig.) ṭafä 'leaf', see Abayev 1979, 350..
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lăp
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Chinese: *lap leaf, foliage.
Tibetan: ldeb leaf, sheet.
Burmese: ǝhlap petal of a flower.
Kachin: lap2 leaf.
Lushai: lēp the bud (of a cotton flower); the fruit (of a yam).
Lepcha: lóp a large leaf of tree
Kiranti: *l[ä́]p wing
Comments: Rawang śǝlap leaves for packing food; Trung lăp1 leaf; Bahing lab; Kanauri kho-lăp 'bark'. Sh. 138; Ben. 70. The Tib. and Lush. forms were influenced by *ƛēp flat (q. v.).
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yè
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhap
Classic Old Chinese: lhap
Western Han Chinese: lhap
Eastern Han Chinese: zhap
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhap
Middle Chinese: jep
English meaning : leaves, foliage, generation
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лист, листва; тонкая пластинка; лепесток; страница; листовой; слоистый; 2) период, эпоха; 3) 16-е число (в телеграммах); 4) Е (фамилия); [shē] 1) Шэсянь (уезд в провинции Хэнань); 2) Шэ (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 草木之葉也從草**聲.
Comments: Initial *lh- is suggested by Proto-Min *ńhiap / *z(h)iap (with secondary nasalisation) > Xiamen hioʔ8, Chaozhou hieʔ8, Fuzhou nuok8, Jianou cia8. The variant with *z(h)-, besides Jianou, is reflected in the Bai forms.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 5173
Karlgren code: 0633 d
Vietnamese reading: diệp
Jianchuan Bai: se6
Dali Bai: se6
Bijiang Bai: šer6
Shijing occurrences: 2.1, 6.3, 34.1_, 58.3
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1710
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開三入葉以
ZIHUI: 0673 0378
Beijing: ie 3
Jinan: ie 3
Xi'an: ie 11
Taiyuan: iǝʔ 41
Hankou: ie 12
Chengdu: ie 12
Yangzhou: iǝʔ 4
Suzhou: iôʔ 42
Wenzhou: ɦi 42
Changsha: ie 4
Shuangfeng: iɛ 31
Nanchang: iɛt 41
Meixian: jap 42
Guangzhou: jip 42
Xiamen: iap 42 (lit.); hioʔ 42
Chaozhou: hieʔ 42
Fuzhou: ieʔ 42
Shanghai: iîʔ 42
Zhongyuan yinyun: ie 43
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *l[ä́]p
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: wing
Tulung: lapter
Kaling: 'lepti
Limbu: lāp
Kulung: laptɔ
Yamphu: lapkhäʔwa, lappr̂aŋ
Comments: Toba 99 *laptCV.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: la:p
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: wing
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: laptɔ
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: wing
Nepali: pakhetā.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: lapkhäʔwa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <lapkhäʔa>
Grammar: n.
Meaning: wing
Comments: also lapkhätciʔa.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *jǝ̄pe
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leaf
Ket: ʌ:, pl. ʌ:ŋ
Yug: ʌ:hp, pl. ʌfɨŋ5
Kottish: d́ipi, g. d́ipī, pl. d́ipaŋ, (Бол.) iban; Ass. jipán (М., Сл., Кл.), gipan (Кл.)
Arin: ipóŋ (М., Сл., Кл.), ipin (Лоск.)
Pumpokol: xógon-dɨ́pun (Сл.)
Comments: ССЕ 232-233. Pump. efig (Кл.) 'leaf', (Срсл.) 'leaves' is in all probability the Yug plural form. Let us note that Ar. ipóŋ also means "money": it is not quite clear what to do with Pump. úppɨŋ (Сл., Срсл.) "silver" - consider an Arin borrowing? Werner 2, 416 <*d'ʌʔǝphǝ / *ʔʌʔǝphǝ>.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ltap
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: 1 leaf 2 petal, page 3 to wither
Yasin: tap 1, du-ltápi- 3
Hunza: tap 2, du-ltápu- 3
Nagar: tap 2, du-ltápu- 3
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *lapa-r̄
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bramble
Bizkaian: lapar
Low Navarrese: (Aldude) lapar
Roncalese: (Uztárroz) lapar
Comments: Cf. PNC *ƛ̣ăpi 'leaf'. In Bsq the root means 'bramble bush, briar', and there is some blending among several variants with similar meanings: *lapa-r̄, *lahar̄, and *gapa-r̄, q.v., but all come from distinct etyma.
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