Lemizh / English dictionary
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omà.
to make eleven individuals
Usage notes
The number eleven is associated with a sense of ‘too much, more than one’s fill’, as seen in such phrases as omà. ‘make eleven = do more than really necessary’ or làxt omÌy. ‘want eleven = want more than one’s share’. This is often thought to be a remnant of the old decimal system (11 = more than 10), but has only been attested by Late Middle Lemizh times, about 700 years after the adoption of the Ghean hexadecimal numbers.
Etymology
< NLem om‑a
< LMLem òm‑yl
< MLem oum‑yl
< Ghe oəfʱ‑ə̄ /ɔ͜əmɯː/
doublet of omàj.