Lemizh / English dictionary

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