Lepcha
[ lep-chuh ]
/ ˈlɛp tʃə /
noun, plural Lep·chas, (especially collectively) Lep·cha for 1.
a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
the Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha.
Example sentences from the Web for lepcha
He spoke the Lepcha dialect with an indescribable softening of the gutturals.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard KiplingThe colonel informed me that the Lepcha language is very copious, expressive and beautiful, abounding largely in metaphor.
The Lepcha is an arrant coward, but a born naturalist, and has a name for every shrub and plant in Sikkim.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water |Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for lepcha
Lepcha
/ (ˈlɛptʃə) /
noun
plural -cha or -chas
a member of a Mongoloid people of Sikkim
the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family
adjective
of or relating to this people or their language