different between lips vs lops

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ps, IPA^(key): /l?ps/

Noun

lips

1. plural of lip

Derived terms

Verb

lips

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lip

Verb

lips (third-person singular simple present lipses, present participle lipsing, simple past and past participle lipsed) (MLE)

1. to kiss, to smooch

Anagrams

• LISP, LSPI, Lisp, lisp, pils, slip

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schlips.

Noun

lips (genitive lipsu, partitive lipsu)

1. tie, necktie

Declension

Derived terms

• kikilips (bowtie)

English

Noun

lops

1. plural of lop

Verb

lops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lop

Anagrams

• LPOs, pols, slop, splo

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. Some derive it from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“cow”), but the only basis for this reconstruction is the Albanian cognate. Others consider it related to Gothic ???????????????? (lamb) (cf. German Lamm, English lamb), perhaps even a borrowing from a Germanic language. Yet others suggest that it comes from a putative Proto-Baltic *luop-, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut off, to separate”) with an extra -p, with the meaning evolving from “cut off” > “to hide, to skin, to flay” (cf. Lithuanian lùpti (“to skin, to peel”)) > “hide, skin, fur, something made of fur” (cf. Hittite lupanni (“hat”)) > “animal body part” (cf. Old Church Slavonic ?????? (l?b?n?), Serbo-Croatian lùbina (“skull”)) > “animal.” The initial meaning of lops, still found dialectally, was more restricted, covering only goats, sheep and maybe cows. In the 18th and 19th century, the meaning was extended to almost all animals (= dz?vnieks), and later again restricted to its current range. Cognates include Lithuanian lúopas, lúobas (“clumsy person or animal”), Albanian lopë (“cow”) (< *l?p?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??ps]

Noun

lops m (1st declension)

1. livestock, (farm) animal (e.g., cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, etc.)

Declension

Synonyms

• m?jlops

Derived terms

• liellops
• m?jlops

References