Lemizh / English dictionary
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xajRà.
to make cranes (the birds; also the constellation corresponding roughly to Columba and Caelum; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem xajR‑a
< LMLem xàj‑Rarj‑yr, compound of
LMLem xàj‑yr ‘waterfowl’
< MLem xayj‑yr ‘(water?) bird’
< OLem xayj‑ ‘bird’
< PLem *xawj‑
< PIE *h₂éu̯i‑s
—and—
LMLem, MLem Rarj‑ar ‘colour’
< OLem gharj‑
< PLem *ggharj‑ ‘paint, anoint’, root present of
< PIE *gʰrei̯‑
The bird, originally just the common crane (Grus grus), is named for its prominent black, white and red head.
Cognates
Lat avis ‘bird’; Eng grimace, Gk χρίω ‘paint, anoint’