Lemizh / English dictionary
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xRà.
to make adult(s);
dat: to come of age
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem xuR‑a ‘come of age’
< OLem xugh‑
< PLem *xuɦ‑, root present of
< PIE *h₂eu̯g‑ ‘strong’
xRà. used to be restricted to girls’ coming of age, while the ‘male’ variant xRàj. was reserved for boys. The latter word is obsolete now.
Cognates
Ger auch ‘also’, Lat augeō ‘increase, enlarge, honour’