Lemizh / English dictionary
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ràwb.
to push something-acc somewhere-dat etc. (dat can be ambiguous); to push, press against something-dat; also non-sending
rÌwb. button, key to press, such as on a keyboard or musical instrument
Usage notes
Since Old Lemizh, this verb has been connoted positively. Don’t use it to translate hostile kinds of pushing such as ‘shove, jostle’.
Etymology
contamination of
< NLem srUmb‑a
< LMLem, MLem srimb‑a
< OLem srimb‑
< PLem *tsrimb‑, root present of
< PIE *dʰrei̯bʰ‑ ‘drive’
—with—
< NLem, LMLem, MLem runp‑a ‘break, snap’
< OLem runp‑ ‘break, snap’ [intr.]
< PLem *runp‑, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *reu̯p‑
ràwb. (for expected **sràwb.) was contaminated with ràxp., the modern word for ‘pull’.
possible doublet of srUà.
Cognates
Eng drive