Lemizh / English dictionary

dmàpx.

to make hats; (geometry) to make cones

Usage notes

The NLem word at first referred to a type of weird hats that were fashionable at the time; today, it denotes hats of all sorts.

Also since NLem times, dmÌpx. has been used metonymically to refer to people with respect to their brainpower, like we use ‘brain’ in ‘She is the brain of our organisation’ or ‘We need some good brains’. However, the implication of intelligence is slightly less pronounced.

Etymology

< NLem bempx‑a
< LMLem bèmbik‑yr ‘cone’
< Koi βέμβιξ ‘bumblebee, spinning top’, of unknown origin