Lemizh / English dictionary
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àwd.
to make tables; to lay a table
Usage notes
Ìwd. can not only mean a table, but also a laid table; hence the secondary meaning of the verb, which is attested from Late Middle Lemizh. See also àh. ‘make a bed’.
In metonymical use denoting a group of people sitting at a table, this word is negatively connotated: eá Ìwde. ‘The table laughed [derisively]’.
Etymology
< NLem ewd‑a
< LMLem èbd‑yr
< MLem eObd‑yr
< Ghe eöpᴛʱ‑ə̄ /ɛ͜œbʱd̠ʱɯː/