Lemizh / English dictionary

pifà.

dat: to develop

Usage notes

This verb does not express a judgement about the direction of the development. Use pifprà. to express progress or improvement.

Etymology

< NLem pif‑fo‑a, compound of
  NLem, LMLem, MLem pif‑a ‘move (purposefully)’
< OLem pifh‑ ‘move’ [intr.]
< PLem *pifh‑, i-reduplicated athematic present of
< PIE *peh₁‑
 —and—
  NLem fo‑a ‘far’, inflected form of
< LMLem, MLem afo ‘from’
< OLem afo
< PLem *afo
< PIE *apo

Cognates

Ved vi-pipāná- ‘sorting out’; Eng of, off