lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

Lemizh / English dictionary


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àjb.

to be disgusted about something-acc/causal-transporting (also dat/causal-receiving, see unit 3, Ambiguous usage);
agentive caus, causal-reflexive: to disgust someone-nom

Usage notes

This word denotes bodily disgust as opposed to, say, intellectual or moral disgust. Maggots can be disgusting in this sense; stupidity, less so.

Etymology

NLem ojb‑a ‘disgusting’, metonymy of
LMLem ogb‑yr ‘loathing’
MLem ogb‑yr ‘meek; loathing’
Ghe oqpʱ‑ə̄ /ɔɢʱbʱɯː/ ‘meek’

The MLem meaning says a lot about how the Lemizh felt about the Gheans.