Lemizh / English dictionary

selà.

to make an angle unit, an angle of 28′ 7.5″ (see appendix, Units of measurement)

Etymology

gender change of
< NLem selen‑a, academic loan of
< Koi Σελήν‑η ‘Moon (goddess), Selene’, from
  Koi σέλα‑ς ‘light, ray, spark’
< SHell *swéla‑s
< PIE *su̯el‑ ‘smoulder, burn’

The Moon has an apparent diameter of about an angle unit. Gender change occurred because the Moon is mythologically and poetically seen as female (in Lemizh as well as in Greek).

Cognates

Eng sultry, Lit svįlù ‘smoulder’