Lemizh / English dictionary
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melàj.
to make temples (the regions of the head)
Usage notes
The temples were regarded as the location of the Règ. (soul, dæmon) particularly in LMLem times. They are still associated with positive, friendly, soft traits of a person.
That your temples hurt when your Règ. is unhappy is probably just a superstition.
Etymology
poststem from plural of
< NLem mel‑a
< LMLem mitnèl‑yr
< MLem mitne‑el‑yr, nominalisation, diminutive of
MLem mit‑ne‑a ‘sleep’, compound of
MLem mit‑a ‘wake’
< OLem mit‑ ‘awake’
< PLem *mis‑, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *mei̯s‑ ‘open one’s eyes’
—and—
MLem ne‑a ‘not’
< OLem ne‑, inflected form of
< PLem *ne
< PIE *ne ‘no, not’
doublet of màt.
Cognates
Ved miṣáti ‘opens the eyes’; Eng no