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sneepa1 noun snow 19. etymology: origin obscure, possibly a development from Romany eef and snaff with the same meaning or perhaps unltimately from Sanskrit zveta ‘white’; collected by Simson (1865) and attested by two of his informants, ] and McCormick note:

Grellmann (1787) cites jiwe meaning ‘snow’. Collected from European gipsies.

sneepa2 adjective white 19. etymology: origin obscure, possibly a development from Romany eef and snaff with the same meaning or perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit zveta ‘white’; collected by Simson (1865); attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies