Lemizh / English dictionary
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mlàw.
agentive ins: to copy something-nom about something-acc somewhere-dat (like non-sending ‘read’ in unit 14, Objects related to language)
Etymology
metathesis of
< NLem l‑mem‑a, clarifying compound of
NLem, LMLem, MLem l‑a ‘do’
< Ghe ᴛˡ‑a /d̠ˡa/
—and—
NLem mem‑a ‘copy’
< LMLem mèmun‑yr ‘monkey’
< MLem meimun‑yr
< OTroy μιμῡν‑ς /ˈme͜imuːns/, from an Asian language
Cognates
Ar مَيْمُون ‘baboon, mandrill’; probably unrelated to Eng mime