Lemizh / English dictionary
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klàp.
to thank someone-dat for something-acc
Etymology
< NLem talp‑a ‘spacious’
< LMLem, MLem talp‑yr
< OLem talp‑
< PLem *talp‑, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *telp‑ ‘make room’
The modern meaning stems from the rather informal NLem phrase spnyra talpya:, roughly ‘thanks a bunch’, lit. ‘[I] thank [you] spaciously’.
Cognates
Lit telpù ‘find space’