Lemizh / English dictionary
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grosà.
to make cherries
grosè. cherry tree
grosÌ. cherry
Usage notes
Attested since Early New Lemizh, the cherry orchard or grosòr. is a metaphor for an otherworldly, beneficial place full of rich, thick colours, sounds and smells; somewhat akin to the Garden of Eden of our mythology. This metaphor is so gross that the sanity of the Early New Lemizh has been questioned on its basis.
Etymology
< NLem gros‑a
< LMLem, MLem keras‑yr ‘sweet cherry (tree)’
< OLem kiras‑ ‘sweet cherry (fruit)’
< PLem *keras‑ ‘sweet cherry (tree)’, of unknown origin
Cognates
Eng cherry (via Gk κερασός ‘sweet cherry (tree)’, likely a LMLem loan)