Lemizh / English dictionary
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kàf.
to act, speak, think intelligently, to make/produce intelligent deeds, sayings, thoughts
Etymology
< NLem kafr‑a
< LMLem kafr‑yr
< MLem kafr‑yr ‘goat > intelligent’
< OLem kafr‑ ‘goat’
< PLem *kafr‑
< PIE *kápr‑os
For the semantic development in MLem see ysrÌ. ‘goat’.
doublet of kubrà.
Cognates
Gk κάπρος ‘boar’, Ir gabhar ‘goat’