lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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làjg.

to bend something-dat into some shape-acc [e.g. into a z]; to break something-dat into something-acc [e.g. into parts, in two] by bending;
dat: to bend; to break into something-acc by being bent

Usage notes

The ‘deforming’ and ‘destroying’ meanings are distinguished by the acc object or – often simpler – by instead using a nominal verb expressing a shape, versus nominal verbs such as skràp. ‘split, turn into parts’, dwà. ‘turn into two [parts]’, etc.

Etymology

NLem, LMLem, MLem lung‑a ‘break by bending’
OLem lung‑
PLem *lung‑, nasal-infix present of
PIE *leu̯g̑‑ or *leu̯g‑

Cognates

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