Lemizh / English dictionary
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kàjg.
to reluctantly say something-acc – not sufficiently relevant to the current subject – to someone-dat (relevance hedging: see pragmatics page III, Utterance modifiers: Verbs of communication)
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem kejgj‑a
< OLem keghggh‑ ‘hold under protection’
< PLem *keghggh‑, perfect of
< PIE *kagʰ‑ ‘seize, enclose’
Cognates
Eng hedge, Wel cae ‘field’