Lemizh / English dictionary
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ftnàk.
to make eagles (also the constellation Aquila; see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem ftank‑a
< LMLem, MLem ptank‑yr ‘bird of prey’
< OLem ptank‑ ‘fly’
< PLem *ptanx‑ ‘fly (up)’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *peth₂‑ ‘spread (one’s wings), fly (up)’
doublet of pqxarà.
Cognates
Eng feather, Gk πέτομαι ‘fly’