lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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xalàv.

to make intestines

Usage notes

This word specifically refers to the part of the intestinal tract below the stomach.

Etymology

NLem xal‑ev‑a, clarifying compound of
  NLem xal‑a
LMLem xàl‑yr
MLem xayl‑yr ‘tube’
OLem xayl‑
PLem *xawl‑
PIE *h₂éu̯l‑os
 —and—
  NLem, LMLem, MLem ev‑a ‘eat’
OLem hedh‑
PLem *hedh‑, Narten present of
PIE *h₁ed‑

Cognates

Gk αὐλός ‘flute, pipe’; Eng eat