Lemizh / English dictionary

màqx.

to shine at something-dat (only of stars)

mèqx. star
mÌqx. starlight

memqxxalè. Antares, the star α Scorpii (⇐ ⇔ mèqx xalÌem. ‘the star like an apple; the Apple Star’)

Etymology

< NLem miqxp‑a
< LMLem miqxp‑ar
< MLem miqxpe‑ar, haplology of
< OLem mithxpeir‑
< PLem *mithx‑pāwar‑ ‘remote or far shining fire; star?’, compound of
  PLem *mithx‑ ‘remote, far’, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *mei̯th₂‑ ‘change, remove’
 —and—
  PLem *pāwar‑ ‘fire’ [inanimate]
< PIE *péh₂u̯r̥

Cognates

Lat mittō ‘send, release’, Ger meiden ‘avoid’; Eng fire