Lemizh / English dictionary
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nenà.
self-transporting: to run somewhere-dat etc.;
acc: to drift or float quickly somewhere ditto in water etc.-nom [or agentive caus]
nenÌ. also the constellation roghly corresponding to Antlia, Pyxis, and parts of Hydra and Puppis (see appendix, Constellations)
Etymology
< NLem neni‑a
< LMLem nènì‑a
< MLem neenii‑a
< OLem nēnī‑
< PLem *nēnī‑ ‘be driven > run’, intensive of
< PIE *nei̯H‑ ‘lead, guide’
The secondary meaning ‘to drift quickly’ is attested from Late Middle Lemizh, in a song about 255 toy balloons made from pig bladders.
Cognates
Ved náyati ‘leads’