Lemizh / English dictionary

fkràj.

to make tortoises, turtles (also the constellation Monoceros; see appendix, Constellations)

fkrÌj skrìjy. to shoot oneself in the foot (lit. ‘a tortoise being stung’)

Etymology

< NLem fkrongj‑a
< LMLem, MLem repkongj‑ar
< OLem rep‑konggh‑, compound of
  OLem rep‑ ‘creep’
< PLem *ref‑, root present of
< PIE *reh₁p‑
 —and—
  OLem konggh‑ ‘shell, mussel’
< PLem *konggh‑
< PIE *kóngʰ‑eh₂

The name of this irritating animal literally means ‘shell(ed) creeper’.

Cognates

Eng reptile (via Lat rēpō ‘creep’); Eng, Lat cochlea