Lemizh / English dictionary

làbv.

to make white, to make a light/pale colour (as in ‘to go white’), to whiten, to brighten up (referring to colour, not to light intensity)

lilbvjnà. to make (pure) white
lilbvnà. to make black, to blacken (non-white, ‘passive’ black, as in ‘blackened by age, dark/black night’; compare wàcg.)

lybvnÌs. fluorine (symbol: Ω)

Etymology

< NLem albw‑a
< LMLem, MLem albw‑yr
< OLem albw‑, dialect borrowing of
< PLem *xalbw‑, o-stem adjective of
< PIE *h₂elbʰ‑

Proto-Lemizh *xalbw‑ could also be a u-stem. The o-stem is assumed on semantic grounds.

Cognates

Eng elf, Lat albus ‘white’