Lemizh / English dictionary
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plUpà.
to make scorpions (also the constellation corresponding to Scorpius and Libra; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem plUp‑a
< LMLem olpìp‑yr
< MLem ol‑piip‑yr, compound of
MLem ol‑yr ‘needle, sting’
< OLem hol‑ ‘awl’
< PLem *hol‑
< PIE *h₁ól‑os
—and—
MLem piip‑yr ‘poison’
< OLem pīp‑
< PLem *piwf‑ ‘drink’, i-reduplicated athematic present of
< PIE *peh₃‑
Cognates
Eng awl; Lat bibō ‘drink’