lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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)