Lemizh / English dictionary

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làxw.

to make green, to green

lilxwkà. to make (colour) magenta

lilxwkivnè. francium (symbol: Φο) (⇐ vnè lilxwkìe. ‘making fire magenta’)
lixwgwlè. barium (symbol: Πρ) (⇐ gwlè lìxwe. ‘making the blaze green’)

Etymology

< NLem alxw‑a
< LMLem, MLem alxw‑yr
< OLem alxw‑
< PLem *alxw‑, u-present of
< PIE *leh₂‑ ‘pour, water’

In Proto-Lemizh the meaning is probably only ‘to green’ as a metonymy of ‘to water’. Cross-linguistically, many words for ‘green’ are derived from terms relating to plants and their growth.

Cognates

Lat lāma ‘puddle’, Hit lāhui ‘pour’