Lemizh / English dictionary
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màw.
to make muscle, flesh, meat (of animals, including humans)
Usage notes
Technically, this word refers to muscle flesh, i.e. the part of the flesh or meat without the visible fat. In practice, however, the fat is the best part of it.
Etymology
< NLem mem‑a
< LMLem mèm‑yr
< MLem meem‑yr ‘meat, flesh’
< OLem mēm‑
< PLem *mēm‑
< PIE *mḗms
Cognates
Eng membrane (via Lat mem‑brāna ‘skin, membrane’), OCS męso ‘meat’