Leepwal
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
original spelling Ļeepwal (pronounced leyepwal, the first "l" being pronounced with the back of the tongue raised (velarized) and the root of the tongue retracted (pharyngealized) so as to elongate the oral cavity, thereby giving the consonant a "heavier" or "darker" sound) is the name for ζ Cen in Marshallese.
Etymology and History
This star name originates from the Marshall Islands. Ļeepwal is the third child of Lōktañūr (Capella), the mother of all stars.
Mythology
IAU Working Group Star Names
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN 2022-2024. applied to the star ... in the IAU-CSN.
Weblinks
- Abo, Takaji, Byron W. Bender, Alfred Capelle, and Tony DeBrum (2019). Marshallese-English Online Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. https://ling.lll.hawaii.edu/dicts/MOD/.
