lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

Lemizh / English dictionary


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loxwà.

to make/build temples (houses of worship)

Etymology

NLem loxw‑a
LMLem, MLem loxw‑yr
OLem lohw‑
PLem *lohw‑
PIE *lóku‑s ‘pond, pool’

Some of the oldest Lemizh temples were dedicated to a lake goddess and built near lakes, hence the semantic development by metonymy.

doublet of loxwàj. and loxwàc.

Cognates

Gae loch ‘lake, fjord’, Lat lacus ‘lake’; unrelated to Eng lake