Lepcha

[ lep-chuh ]

noun,plural Lep·chas, (especially collectively) Lep·cha for 1.
  1. a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.

  2. the Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha.

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Lepcha

/ (ˈlɛptʃə) /


noun
  1. plural -cha or -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

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