lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and 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’