lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and 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