Lemizh / English dictionary

yhlàgz.

to mow/cut something-dat with a sickle

yhlùgz. sickle; also the constellation Norma (see appendix, Constellations)

Etymology

< NLem yh‑algz‑a, compound of
  NLem yh‑a ‘scythe’
< LMLem, MLem yhh‑a ‘mow (with a scythe or sickle)’
< Ghe əshshⁿ‑a /əʃʃa/, an onomatopoeia
 —and—
  NLem algz‑a ‘little, dear’ [term of endearment]
< LMLem, MLem algjw‑yr
< OLem algghw‑
< PLem *algghw‑, u-stem adjective of
< PIE *legʰ‑ ‘slight, small, light’

doublet of yhà.

Cognates

Lat levis ‘light, quick, trifling’