Where does “slắp pjạp” come from?

slắp pjạp (Tày) comes from Tày slắp, from Proto-Tai saːpᴰ — cockroach.

slắp pjạp (Tày): acrid (strong than slắp)

Definitions

  1. acrid (strong than slắp)

Ancestry of “slắp pjạp”, step by step

slắp pjạp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày slắp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyslắpacrid; acerbic
2Proto-Taisaːpᴰcockroach

via Tày pjạp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàypjạp
Every word from Proto-Tai saːpᴰEvery word from Tày slắp
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