Lemizh / English dictionary
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blUcnà.
to make African
blUcnàr. Africa
Etymology
< NLem blU‑can‑a, clarifying compound of
NLem blU‑a ‘(North) Africa’
< LMLem libÙ‑yr
< Koi λιβύ‑η, derivation of
Koi λίβυ‑ς ‘Libu (tribe in North Africa)’, of unknown origin
—and—
NLem can‑a ‘complete, all’
< LMLem, MLem can‑yr
< OLem shand‑ ‘win’
< PLem *sand‑ ‘succeed’, root aorist of
< PIE *seh₂dʰ‑
NLem blU‑a was homonymic with the old word for book – see wàtx. –, hence the clarifying compound.
See darawà. for some information on continents’ names.
Cognates
Eng Libya; Gk ἰθῡ́ς ‘straight, fair’