Lemizh / English dictionary

xàsk.

to search, to look/listen for something-acc;
agentive acc: to hide from someone-nom

xÙlsk. to find something-dat

xasktàkf. to research at university
xiskrùc. compass (tool for determining the cardinal directions) (⇐ ⇔ xùsk rÌci. ‘means for searching south’)

xàsk dmàta. look out for; xàsk xOàja. listen for (to explicitly distinguish them from ‘look for’)

Usage notes

Since Middle Lemizh, this verb connotes that the searched-for thing or person is actively hiding or concealing itself. Conversely, with agentive accusative it can express ‘hide from someone (who is searching for you)’, literally ‘have someone looking for you’.

Etymology

< NLem, LMLem, MLem xesk‑a
< OLem xisk‑
< PLem *xisk‑, sk̑-present of
< PIE *h₂ei̯s‑

Cognates

Eng ask, Lat qu‑aerō ‘ask’