Lemizh / English dictionary
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gmàj.
to pray, call upon someone-dat saying something-acc
Usage notes
While this verb can mean addressing a human, it sounds excessively docile in that usage.
Etymology
< NLem gmin‑a
< LMLem, MLem gUmin‑a
< OLem gümin‑ ‘prayer, invocation’
< PLem *gūmen‑ ‘one called upon (e.g. a god)’
< PIE *guh₂‑mh̥₁n‑ós ‘called’, root present mediopassive participle of
PIE *geu̯h₂‑ ‘call’
Cognates
Gk γοάω ‘(be)wail’, Ved jóguve ‘call upon repeatedly’