Meaning of jainkoilo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. butterfly
   animate, literary, rare
2. Equivalent to 'butterfly': A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

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Examples

“Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen […]”

You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence […] like a male butterfly its cocoon?

“Mila eta bostehun jainkoilo beltz pausatu ziren ene leihoaren kontra”

One thousand and five hundred black butterflies alighted upon my window

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