Lemizh / English dictionary
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dnà.
self-transporting: to walk somewhere-dat etc.;
(mathematics) a vector
dnù. leg
dnà trÌtir. to make a bad move (lit. ‘to walk into the ashes’)
Usage notes
This word can connote walking somewhere for a purpose, or walking with an aim, as fràw. is the go-to word for ambling aimlessly.
Etymology
< NLem dn‑a
< LMLem drn‑a ‘run’
< MLem drnu‑a
< OLem drnu‑
< PLem *drnu‑, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *dreu̯‑
doublet of dràw.
Cognates
Ved drávati ‘runs’, Cro Drava and other European river names; Eng dromedary is from a related PIE root