butterfly

Etymology
From, , , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The name may have originally been applied to butterflies of a yellowish color, and/or reflected a belief that butterflies ate milk and butter (compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), or that they excreted a butter-like substance (compare 🇨🇬). Compare also 🇨🇬 from, 🇨🇬. More at,.

An alternate theory suggests that the first element may have originally been, a mutation of.

Superseded non-native borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A flying insect of the order, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
 * 2)  A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
 * 3)  The butterfly stroke.
 * 4) Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see  and.
 * 5)  A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
 * I get terrible butterflies before an exam.
 * 1)  Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed  gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
 * 2)  A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
 * 3)  A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
 * 4)  A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
 * 5) A person who changes partners frequently.
 * 1)  A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
 * 2)  A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
 * 3)  A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
 * 4) A person who changes partners frequently.
 * 1) A person who changes partners frequently.

Translations

 * Finnish: perhoskäyrä


 * Finnish: perhosia vatsassa


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:, perhosoptio


 * Finnish: perhosen siivenisku


 * Finnish: perhosvenytys


 * Finnish:


 * Aragonese: ,
 * Argobba:
 * Aymara:
 * Baagandji:
 * Gafat:
 * Harari:
 * Inor:
 * Iyojwa'ja Chorote:
 * Iyo'wujwa Chorote:
 * Kistane:
 * Kongo:
 * Maca:
 * Mentawai:
 * Mesmes:
 * Minangkabau:
 * Sebat Bet Gurage:
 * Silt'e:
 * Wichí Lhamtés Güisnay:
 * Wichí Lhamtés Nocten:
 * Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz:
 * Wolane:
 * Zay:

Verb

 * 1)  To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
 * 2)  To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
 * 3)  To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
 * 1)  To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
 * 2)  To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.
 * 1)  To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.

Noun

 * 1) bowtie