Lemizh / English dictionary
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màh.
to sort something-dat into something-acc, to group something-dat according to type (see unit 7, Grouping numerals)
Etymology
< NLem, LMLem, MLem mih‑a, back formation of
MLem mihk‑a ‘mix’
< OLem mishk‑
< PLem *mishk‑, sk̑-present of
< PIE *mei̯k̑‑
MLem reinterpreted the stem-final k as opposition negator, innovating mih‑a ‘the opposite of mixing, unmixing = sorting’.
Cognates
Eng mix, Lat misceō ‘mix’