lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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labàt.

to make cars

Usage notes

These days, automobiles are mostly used in rural areas with insufficient infrastructure. When townspeople say labÌt., they typically refer to underground, tram or railroad cars.

Etymology

NLem labatl‑a
Mag Lábatlan ‘a northwest Magyarian town’, compound of
  Mag láb ‘leg’
 —and—
  Mag ‑atlan ‘-less’

The town of Lábatlan used to be famous for producing horse-drawn coaches. The omission of ‑n in the NLem loan might be due to a reanalysis as partitive case suffix, based on the idea that coaches were made in ‘Lábatlan, among other [towns]’.