Lemizh / English dictionary
782 lemmata in dictionary – view complete dictionary on one page (slow!) – multilingual dictionary
manwà.
to magnetically repel (dat: attract) something-acc, to be a magnet, to be magnetic; magnetism
manwÌ. ferromagnetic
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem manw‑a ‘affection’
< OLem manw‑
< PLem *manw‑, néu̯-present of
< PIE *men‑ ‘think’
The NLem word for affection gradually replaced ned‑a << Koi μαγνῆτι‑ς ‘magnet’ (probably from the region Μαγνησία in Ancient Greece, where magnetic stones were found).
doublet of màjw. ‘feel affection’, màsw., minà. and swmilà.
Cognates
Gk μνάομαι ‘remember’, Lat mēns ‘mind, reason’