Lemizh / English dictionary

krà.

to make a time unit, a time span of 1.318 seconds (see appendix, Time and Units of measurement)

krilrÌj. 16 time units, a time span of about 20 seconds
krilskmÌ. 256 time units, a time span of about 5½ minutes
kriljÌs. 4096 time units, a time span of 90 minutes
krilmrÌj. 65536 time units, a time span of 24 hours

Etymology

gender change of
< NLem kard‑a, shortened form, academic loan of
< Koi καρδί‑ᾱ ‘heart’
< SHell *kr̥dí‑ā
< PIE *k̑r̥dí‑eh₂, i̯-extension, feminine of
  PIE *k̑érd‑s

The name of the basic time unit was chosen for its length of (very roughly) a heartbeat. Gender change occurred to avoid homophony with the related word kràd. ‘(heart)beat’.

doublet of kràd.

Cognates

Eng heart, Lat cor ‘heart’, Gk καρδία ‘heart’