lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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klàt.

to make tails

Etymology

NLem kelt‑a ‘pendulum, tail’
LMLem kè‑alt‑ar ‘pendulum’, nominalisation, compound of
  LMLem kè‑a ‘swing’
MLem kei‑a ‘wobble, swing’
OLem kei‑
PLem *kēw‑, Narten present of
PIE *keh₁u̯‑
 —and—
  LMLem, MLem alt‑yr ‘heavy’
OLem alt‑
PLem *als‑ ‘gather, pick up’, root present of
PIE *les‑

This word replaced LMLem kesman‑yr ‘tail’ (a doublet of xtàj.).

doublet of keltàj.

Cognates

Lat cēveō ‘move one’s haunches’; Ger lesen ‘gather, read’