Lemizh / English dictionary
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nàwb.
to inflate, stretch something-dat into some shape-acc; to burst, rip, tear something-dat into something-acc [e.g. dust; in two];
dat: to stretch; to burst, rip, tear into something-acc
Usage notes
The ‘deforming’ and ‘destroying’ meanings are distinguished by the acc object or – often simpler – by instead using a nominal verb expressing a shape, versus nominal verbs such as skràp. ‘split, turn into parts’, dwà. ‘turn into two [parts]’, etc.
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem nemb‑a ‘burst, tear’
< OLem nemb‑
< PLem *nemb‑ ‘burst, shatter’, Narten present of
< PIE *nebʰ‑
Cognates
Ved nábhate ‘bursts, shatters’