Lemizh / English dictionary
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qàzg.
to think (about) something-acc (to oneself-dat)
qùzg. brain
Usage notes
This verb does not only mean ‘silently communicate to oneself, ponder’ but also ‘opine, reckon’. The Lemizh hardly ever use ‘believe’ (swnàt.) for the latter purpose.
Etymology
< NLem qizgw‑a
< LMLem, MLem qisgw‑a
< OLem thisgw‑
< PLem *sisgw‑ ‘discuss (constructively), reason’, i-reduplicated athematic present of
< PIE *sekʷ‑ ‘say’
Cognates
Eng say, Lat in‑quit ‘says, said’