Lemizh / English dictionary
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xnà.
to make earthly;
(in measurements, else informal) to make 65536³ individuals (see appendix, Units of measurement)
xnàr. the (surface of the) earth, the land, the inhabited/habitable world as opposed to the sky or mythological/religious places
djUtxnÌ. Terrestrial day, the Lemizh equivalent of Saturday (symbol: Ã; see appendix, Date)
Usage notes
The Earth as a planet among the others, as well as the goddess Terra/Gaia, is called djingmesrÌ. in Modern Lemizh.
Etymology
simplification and voicing assimilation (from the weekday), gender change of
< NLem dznis‑a
< LMLem dzingmès‑yr ‘Mother Earth’
< MLem dzingmees‑yr, haplology of
< OLem dzingmēsir‑
< PLem *dzeng‑māser‑, compound of
PLem *dzeng‑ ‘?’, Narten present of
< PIE *dʰég̑ʰ‑
—and—
PLem *māser‑ ‘mother’
< PIE *méh₂ter‑s
The first part of the PLem compound *dzeng‑māser‑ is the (verbal) root of PLem *dzeng‑om‑ ‘earth’ and is of unclear meaning.
Cognates
Eng humus (via Lat humus ‘ground, earth, soil’); Eng mother