Lemizh / English dictionary
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wàcg.
to make black, to blacken (‘active’ black, as in black fur or varnish; compare lilbvnà.)
wycgnÌs. astatine (symbol: Μλ)
Etymology
< NLem wargr‑a
< LMLem, MLem wargr‑yr
< OLem wargr‑
< PLem *bwargr‑ ‘dark, black’, r-stem adjective of
< PIE *bʰerg̑‑ ‘roast’
Most basic colour terms in Lemizh are r-stem Caland adjectives, perhaps motivated by the word for ‘red’.
Cognates
Ved bhr̥jjáti ‘roasts’, Lat fer(c)tum ‘a sacrificial cake’